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Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan said Tuesday that South Sudan's warring factions have agreed to a "preliminary" power-sharing deal this week, which would be followed by a final one in the month.
Khartoum, as South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar.
The two warring leaders have already agreed on a permanent ceasefire and withdrawing of their forces from the world of South Sudan, the world's youngest country formed in 2011 after it split from Sudan.
They also agreed on a power-sharing deal during a round of talks held in Kampala on July 7 that
"All parties will sign a preliminary power-sharing agreement on Thursday," Sudanese foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
After the Kampala ta
The Ministry said Tuesday that the mediators had not received any rejection of the negotiations.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States of America power-sharing "agreement will be signed on July 26 in the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and other East African leaders.
Machar's group confirmed the two signing dates, and said it had made some observations about the deal. 19659011] "We will see our observations have been included in the final draft which the mediators will give us tomorrow," Puk Both, spokesman of Machar told AFP.
A similar power-sharing deal, that returned Machar to the vice presidency, w Macedonian flee into exile
The war in South Sudan erupted in December 2013 after Kiir was accused of forming a deputy Machar of plotting
The conflict
Last week, the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctions on two military officials, ratcheting up pressure on warring groups to end the brutal war .
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