IGAD Urges South Sudan to Suspend 28 States Until Review

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Khartoum February 02 (QNA) - The East African regional block the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his government to "suspend" the implementation of the 28 states he created saying the decision was "inconsistent" with the peace agreement signed by warring parties in August 2015.

In a communique released after two days of meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers an IGAD policy-making body with membership of foreign ministers from its member states the regional bloc also urged the parties to the agreement to soon form a transitional government of national unity (TGoNU) at the national level.

The statement said IGAD is concerned by the decision of President Kiir's government to implement the order according to Sudan Tribune.

It called on the parties the government the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) and other partners in peace to instead form a boundary commission with membership of all the parties to the peace agreement and review the process for creation of new states. (QNA)