SPLM-IO delegation meets Sudanese prime minister Abdalla Hamdok in Khartoum

KHARTOUM – A high-level delegation from South Sudan’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has this afternoon met the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok in his office in Khartoum, according to the prime minister’s office.

“The Prime Minister Dr. Abdallah Hamdok received today in his office a delegation from Sudans People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by Dr. Adam Tidjani Abdullah,” the statement by Hamdok’s office and seen by Sudans Post partly read.

The statement said the delegation conveyed to the Sudanese premier congratulatory message from South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the SPLM-IO chairman on the occasion of signing of the preliminary Sudanese peace agreement in Juba between the government and opposition groups.

“The delegation congratulated the Prime Minister on the occasion of the initialing of the peace agreement between the transitional government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front,” it added.

“The delegation conveyed to the Prime Minister the greetings of Dr. Riek Machar, First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (IO), wishing that peace prevail in all parts of Sudan and South Sudan,” the statement added.