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 For Immediate Release

28 November 2017, Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire: 

The Chairperson, IGAD Council of Ministers H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia today 28 November 2017, held a consultation meeting of IGAD Council of Ministers in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on progress towards the convening of the High-Level Revitalization Forum. In attendance were representatives of Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia. 

(November 24, 2017) As part of his broad-based consultative meetings ahead of the High-Level Revitalization Forum, the IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan met IGAD partners in Juba on Friday November 24, 2017.

IGAD PRESS RELEASE

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During a press conference given today, Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in Juba, South Sudan, the IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, Ambassador Ismail Wais, made the following statement:

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Professor Ibrahim Ghandour, the Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister and Ambassador Ismail Wais, held constructive meetings with Dr Lam Akol, General Peter Gadet, General Bapiny Montuil and Dr. Costello Garang in Khartoum over the past three days.

Ambassador Ismail Wais thanked the Government of the Republic of Sudan on behalf of IGAD, for all the cooperation and their assistance in the preparation for meetings.

Ambassador Ismail Wais said, “IGAD Council of Ministers’ delegation will arrive in Juba at the end of the week for meetings and discussions with the Transitional Government of National Unity. The delegation, led by H.E. Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu (Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the IGAD Council of Ministers), will include H.E. Amina Mohamed (Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Rapporteur to the IGAD Council of Ministers), H.E. Sam Kutesa (Ugandan Foreign Minister), Professor Ibrahim Ghandour, the Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister and H.E. Mohamoud Ali Youssouf, the Djibouti Foreign Minister and Abdulkadir Ahmedkheyir Abdi, State Minister for the Federal Republic of Somalia.

“After the consultations with the Government, I will then lead discussions with various civil society representatives”.

“The purpose of this pre- Forum consultation phase is to seek a broad range of views on the conduct of the High Level Revitalisation Forum and pursuit of its three key objectives namely; cessation of hostilities and a permanent ceasefire, return to the full implementation of the Agreement, and developing a revised realistic timeline and implementation schedule towards a democratic election at the end of the transition period”.