Africa: Statement Following a Meeting With The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and International Partners on South Sudan

 

WASHINGTON, February 4, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks

William J. Burns

Deputy Secretary of State

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

January 30, 2014

 

Good afternoon. My colleagues from China, the United Kingdom, Norway, the European Union and I just had a very productive discussion with our partners from the IGAD mediation team, Ambassador Seyoum and General El Dabi.

It was a very good opportunity for all of us to stress our firm support for the important mediation effort of IGAD, and to stress our firm commitment to the full implementation of the cessation of hostilities agreement, which was recently concluded.

It was also an opportunity to express our firm support for the work of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), especially in the face of recent threats and…