South Sudan has announced it will send a delegation to the United States in an effort to appease the relations between the two international locations, after the U.S. cancelled all visas for South Sudanese nationals.
In a statement shared on X, the South Sudan authorities said the delegation will aim to address the repatriation of 137 South Sudanese nationals, currently field to deportation orders from the U.S.
Tensions arose after a man named Makula Kintu, an alleged Congolese deportee, was denied entry at Juba International Airport.
The man had been expelled from the US on 5 April. Washington had accused Juba of refusing to take in its dangle residents.
South Sudanese authorities have since allowed Kintu to enter the country, however the incident has caused a disaster with the US.
In attempt to solve the disaster, South Sudan has even fired its International Affairs minister, however the U.S. is standing its ground.
According to the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the matter is a set aside aside a query to of “national security and public safety.”
The South Sudanese delegation will aim to be certain that an “desirable, legal, and dignified” repatriation route of. This may increasingly be led by Finance Minister Marial Dongrin Ater, Central Bank Governor Johnny Ohisa Damian, and Civil Registry Director Elia Kosta Faustino.
Whether or not this initiative will lend a hand restore belief between the two international locations remains to be seen.
