South Sudan’s security advisor roots for stability in Sudan
June 2, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – South Sudan’s security advisor, Tut Kew Gatluak has emphasized the importance of peace and stability in neighbouring Sudan.
Speaking during a press conference at Al-Salam Rotana hotel in Khartoum on Wednesday, Gatluak said Sudan’s stability benefits neighboring nations.
“It is our concern that the people of Sudan shall sit down to solve issues in a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue,” he said, stressing the need for reconciliation.
Gatluak, who heads South Sudan’s mediation team to Sudan’s peace process, said the initiative taken by President Salva Kiir aims to solving the Sudanese crisis because South Sudan is interested in Sudan’s stability.
He said Juba’s initiative is purely a national one to resolve the crisis in Sudan.
According to Gatluak, the mediation team discussed with the Sudanese forces the way of governance in Sudan and the need for a Sudanese – Sudanese dialogue, stressing that, “Sudan is now in difficult circumstances, and we are all its sons and we are striving to return it to its normal situation”.
He, however, acknowledged that it is important that all the parties in Sudan shall unite their rank, gather all the initiatives in one initiative and hold a general conference to determine how Sudan will be governed and define a successful transitional period that will lead to free and fair elections.
On Tuesday, the South Sudanese official met members of the Higher Council of Sufi Sects to discuss Juba’s efforts towards resolving the Sudanese crisis.
He hailed the Higher Council of Sufi sects’ initiative for realizing peace and stability in neigbouring Sudan and their understanding of the nation’s issues.
For his part, Al-Sheikh Hashim Al-Tayeb Sheikh Qariballah, a member of the Higher Council of Sufi Sects, commended Juba’s efforts to solve Sudan’s crises, stressing that Sudan and South Sudan are one people in two states.
(ST)