Rebecca de Mabior says US, European visit “successful”

Mar 1, 2006 (JUBA) — The minister of transportation and roads in the Government of Southern Sudan, Mrs Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, arrived in Juba this afternoon following an official visit to the USA and some European countries.

In a statement to the state-run SUNA soon after her return, she said that her visit was successful and achieved its goals. She said the visit included the USA, UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

Rebecca said that her visit was aimed at educating the US and European public about the peace process and to urge donors to commit to the pledges made during the Oslo conference on supporting the peace process in Sudan. She said that her visit to the USA came in response to an invitation made by the US government to explain the implantation of the peace process to the US people since the Darfur issue had become the concern of every nation.

In addition to that, Rebecca de Mabior talked to the people of USA and its government about Darfur and the eastern Sudan issues. She affirmed the of cooperation of all the parties cooperating to arrive to a quick solution for these issues so that the Sudanese citizens would experience the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which was signed in Naivasha.

Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior said she lauded the US and European officials for their participation in developing the south and solving the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army issue.

(ST)