(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated South Sudan military commander Gabriel Jok Riak and opposition commander Simon Gatwech Dual for threatening the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and for expanding or extending the conflict or obstructing peace talks or processes in South Sudan.
These two individuals are also being designated for being leaders of groups whose members are involved in sanctionable activities. This action follows on Wednesday's listing by the United Nations (UN) of Jok Riak, Gatwech Dual, and four other individuals previously designated by OFAC - Peter Gadet, Marial Chanuong Yol Mangok, James Koang Chuol, and Santino Deng Wol - under UN Security Council Resolution 2206.
"As leaders of opposing groups in South Sudan, both Gabriel Jok Riak and Simon Gatwech Dual are responsible for perpetrating violence and breaching ceasefire agreements," said Acting OFAC Director John E. Smith.
"Today's action taken in coordination with our international partners underscores that the United States strongly condemns anyone, on either side of the conflict, who exacerbates the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, and we will work to thwart anyone who helps fuel violence in the region." Jok Riak has been designated for engaging in actions that expand or extend the conflict in South Sudan, or obstructed peace talks or processes, and for being a leader of forces who also engaged in actions that expand or extend the conflict in South Sudan, or obstructed peace talks or processes.
Gatwech Dual has been designated for engaging in actions that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan, and for being a leader of forces that have also engaged in actions that threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and targeted civilians, including women and children, through acts of violence. (end)
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