RJMEC meets First Vice President Machar over SPLM-IO’s boycott of the security mechanism meetings

The interim chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission -RJMEC has held a meeting with first Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, focused on the reported clashes between SPLA-IO and SSPDF forces in the Upper Nile region.

RJMEC interim chairperson, Charles Tai Gituai says the meeting with First Vice President follows the boycott of the security mechanisms meeting by the SPLM-IO on Friday. 

The party was protesting alleged attacks on its positions in the Upper Nile region.

Gituai says despite the skirmishes in the Upper Nile region, the parties to the agreement are committed to finding a solution through peaceful means.

He says RJMEC will continue engaging the parties in order find an amicable solution.