Salva Kiir says partnership with NCP growing every day

Feb 18, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The first vice-president and president of the southern Sudan government, Lt Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, has said that the partnership between the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) was growing every day.

According to the Sudanese Media Center (SMC) news service, He affirmed that SPLM will not delay in appointing its representatives to joint committees and commissions so that the peace agreement is fully implemented.

Salva Kiir hailed President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to Juba and Rumbek last Tuesday 14 February. He added that the detailed explanation offered by the president on the issue of oil revenues had satisfied the regional government.

The first Vice-President observed that southerners had waited for the visit for long as it kept on being postponed due to sudden changes to the president’s programme.

He added that southerners expressed their happiness with the visit by turning in large numbers to attend the rallies in Juba and Rumbek.

They also expressed their desire that the president makes the visits more regular. He added that the visit was a success since it achieved its aims.

(ST)