JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan’s government slams a peace proposal that they are under intense diplomatic pressure to sign after rebels agree to the deal to end the country’s brutal civil war.
“We strongly believe that this document cannot save the people of South Sudan,” Information Minister Michael Makuei tells reporters, as President Salva Kiir returns home from peace talks in Ethiopia.
“It is a sellout, and we will not accept it,” Makuei says, adding the government would now discuss the deal with the people for 15 days.
With diplomatic frustrations at breaking point over a conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives, the international community has threatened sanctions if a deal is not reached by the end of Monday, urging the government to sign it.
“Failing to comply would entail consequences,” the European Union says Tuesday, while the United States says Washington “would consider ways to raise the cost for intransigence.”
— AFP
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