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The South Sudanese government says former vice-president Riek Machar will not be a part of the peace deal revival talks.
This is despite calls from regional body IGAD for all key opposition groups to participate without pre-conditions.
President Salva Kiir’s spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny, said the peace deal revival will mainly focus on implementation of the peace agreement rather than renegotiations to end the more than three years of violent conflict.
IGAD leaders have urged for the restoration of the permanent ceasefire and a revised realistic timeline and implementation schedule towards democratic elections at the end of the transitional period.
