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Teny who returned to Juba on Sunday following a week-long state visiting to Turkey said she discuss with her Turkish counterpart cooperation in the military field especially on training of forces.
“One of the reasons why we visit Turkey was basically to make all our contact and dealing in defense sector official in a transparent manner and in compliance with International Humanitarian laws,” Teny told reporters in Juba.
Teny revealed discussion also touched on how to deal with the UN arm embargo.
“We have discussed a lot and it was a very fruitful discussion that would have a good future for South Sudan, a future that would help us transit to proper democracy,” she stated.
She said that the Turkish government has pledged to support transformation of the security sector of South Sudan.
“We have discussed the possibility of support for South Sudan which is in process for the implementation of chapter two of the agreement, unification of forces and support for the transformation of our army forces,” she stressed.
She disclosed told reporters on Sunday that she will have another visit to Turkey this month to finalize the draft military cooperation.
“We met with the Minister of Defense and we discussed the possibility of working together. We will have another visit this month to discuss the possibility of cooperation especially on military industry and production,” she said.
“We have a draft kind of agreement. We brought this agreement to Juba so that we can discuss with authorities since the agreement entails many thing including training,” she added.
