South Sudan president, Sudanese officials discuss peace and humanitarian aid

May 3, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, met with a Sudanese delegation headed by Lieutenant General Shams al-Din Kabbashi, a member of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, at the presidential palace in Juba Friday.

Kabbashi was accompanied by Sudan’s Defence Minister Yassin Ibrahim Yassin.

President Salva Kiir’s advisor for security affairs, Tut Gatluak, said in a press statement that the meeting discussed ways to bring peace to Sudan as soon as possible after the great destruction caused by the war.

Gatluak added that the meeting touched on the issue of delivering humanitarian aid, stressing South Sudan’s readiness to deliver relief to all Sudanese who sought refuge in the country due to the war, according to the Sovereign Council.

The South Sudanese presidency did not issue a statement about the visit. Kabbashi did not make any remarks to the media after meeting with Kiir.