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South Sudan urges Egypt, Arab countries to reject calls for foreign intervention

Xinhua, July 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

South Sudan's Ambassador in Cairo Anthony Kon urged on Sunday Egypt and the Arab League to reject any foreign military intervention in the ongoing internal fighting in his country.

"I remind Egypt of our mutual struggle against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan... We ask Egypt to reject any military intervention in my country," Ambassador Kon told reporters in Cairo.

Recent armed clashes between government troops of President Salva Kiir and forces loyal to Vice President Riek Machar in Juba have left dozens dead.

Kiir and Machar signed a peace deal in August last year that paved way for the formation of the transitional unity government to end more than two years of civil conflict.

The unity government was formed in April to run the country until elections are held within 36 months.

He voiced out his government's full rejection of Machar's call to send foreign and United Nations troops to contain the fighting in the war-stricken African country which won independence on July 9, 2011 from Sudan after more than two decades of war.

"Any foreign intervention might affect the Arab and Egyptian national security," he warned, adding that "we want the Arab League to officially reject all calls to send foreign troops into South Sudan." Endit