A team led the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) led by Interim Chair H.E Amb. Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge has on Monday held a meeting with South Sudan President H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit.

Progress, challenges and prospects of the implementation of the revitalized agreement were discussed. 

Ambassador said “There is need for an urgent meeting of the Parties at the highest political level to discuss the status of the implementation of the R-ARCSS so as to come up with an agreed roadmap on the best way forward.”

In order to continue to galvanize support from the Regional Guarantors and prepare for the Transitional Period, the Ambassador noted, there is need to “lobby the Chairperson of the IGAD Summit so that an urgent IGAD Council of Ministers meeting and Summit on South Sudan be convened in Juba.