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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has claimed in a statement that the country\u2019s membership in the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has not been suspended days after suspension from the regional bloc.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters in Juba on Friday following a weekly cabinet meeting, South Sudan\u2019s minister of information and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth announced that the country has been suspended from the regional bloc over non-payment of its annual membership arrears.<\/p>\n

Makuei said the ministry of foreign affairs has been directed by the cabinet meeting to meet the ministry of finance to discuss how the government can pay its membership arrears in the regional organization after the newly-appointed minister of foreign affairs appealed for government intervention.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have exactly been suspended from IGAD simply because we have not paid our dues and there are so many vacancies about 14 of them which are supposed to be our positions. We are unable to occupy them simply because we have not paid our dues for long,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a resolution passed about three weeks ago directing the all the arrears of Foreign Affairs and all our dues in all organizations should be paid by the Ministry of Finance,\u201d the senior government official added.<\/p>\n

But in a statement, the ministry of foreign affairs said the country\u2019s membership has not been terminated, and only its activities have been suspended and has been barred from exercising its rights of voting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation would like to clarify a statement attributed to National Minister of Information regarding suspension of the Republic of South Sudan from IGAD,\u201d the foreign ministry statement seen by Sudans Post reads in part.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed the Republic of South Sudan has been barred from exercising its VOTING rights and other benefits at IGAD owing to non-payment of its annual membership contributions,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis, however; doesn\u2019t mean suspension of membership from IGAD and the Ministry would, therefore, like to reassure the public that our country remains a full member of IGAD,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n

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