British and American diplomats have asked President Museveni to leverage on South Sudan leaders to hold election after the Ugandan leader proposed that only a vote can resolve the political and security impasse in Juba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Museveni mooted the idea of fast-tracking elections in South Sudan with the London and Washington DC envoys during a meeting in the eastern Jinja Town over the weekend, a State House statement indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMe, I want to push them (South Sudan) to elections\u2026elections will force them to make alliances and this problem will be history,\u201d the President was quoted as saying, citing how Kenya resolved its past political conundrum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the meeting were the UK High Commissioner to Uganda, Ms Kate Airey, and Ms Natalie Brown, the US ambassador to Uganda, both diplomats have just taken their post in Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were accompanied to the meeting by Stuart Symington IV and Robert Fairweather, the American and British especial envoys for South Sudan, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The role of ambassador Fairweather, a career diplomat, is to support \u201cinternational efforts to secure a durable and peaceful resolution to conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, as well as ending internal conflicts and encouraging sustainable development throughout both countries\u201d, according to information on UK government website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump administration has detailed ambassador Symington IV to \u201clead US efforts to support the peace process and a successful political transition in South Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to State House, Amb Symington IV, in a rejoinder to President Museveni\u2019s proposal for urgent elections in South Sudan, \u201casked the President to encourage them (South Sudan leaders) to do so and move forward\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you (Museveni) could advise President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar to take the direction of elections, this problem will be history. You are the person who can give them confidence,\u201d he reportedly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The US, UK and Norway under the Troika arrangement are international guarantors of the peace process in Juba and their consultations with President Museveni was, according to officials, in line with Uganda being a neighbour and having played a key role in the security situation in South Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have seen and appreciate the work Uganda and the neighbours are [d]oing in South Sudan,\u201d Ambassador Symington IV said, ahead of the diplomats\u2019 scheduled trip to Juba for a maiden meeting with President Salva Kiir and his Vice and political rival Riek Machar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" British and American diplomats have asked President Museveni to leverage on South Sudan leaders to hold election after the Ugandan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-diplomacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/m7.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11151,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-calls-for-more-trade-among-commonwealth-member-states\/","url_meta":{"origin":2362,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni Calls For More Trade Among Commonwealth Member States As CSPOC Ends","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 7, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni discussions with a group of Parliamentary Speakers from several countries on the sidelines of the just concluded 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) held in Kampala from 3rd- 6th January, 2024.at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort, Kampala. 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