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Algeria hails reconciliation agreement in South Sudan

Xinhua, January 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Algeria on Thursday hailed the signing of a reconciliation agreement between the warrant parties in South Sudan, ahead of putting a permanent end to their dispute.

"We welcome the signing of the reconciliation agreement between the disputing parties in South Sudan, and we hope that it could lead to a final settlement of the conflict that provoked so far a major humanitarian crisis," APS news agency quoted spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif as saying.

"We further hail mediation role undertaken by neighboring countries, including Kenya and Uganda, and therfore we reiterate our commitment to the principle that Africa must appropriate its own security challenges," noted Benali Cherif.

He concluded that "Algiers encourages warrant parties to engage with good faith in the mediation process initiated by the AU backed Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa East, which is due to resume work later this month in Addis Ababa."

Warring factions in South Sudan on Thursday signed an agreement to reconcile the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement party.

The deal was signed in Tanzanian city of Arusha, as the conflict parties agreed to set out a road map to reconciliation. Endit