South Sudan President Agrees to Meet Former Rebel Leader
Published on: Friday 12 July 2019
South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar has agreed to a face-to-face meeting with President Salva Kiir, a step that could energize the lagging talks on a government for the civil war-wracked country.
In a letter dated July 8 and sent to President Kiir's security adviser, Tut Gatluak, Machar said he is ready to talk with the president as long as he can freely move about in South Sudan.
The Kiir administration invited Machar to meet with Kiir after the government and opposition groups missed a May deadline to form a transitional government of national unity.
News source: https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-sudan-focus/south-sudan-president-agrees-meet-former-rebel-leader
