"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
Minister Michael Makuei Lueth, the Spokesman of the Government of South Sudan, shocked his listeners on the BBC Focus on Africa Programme on Tuesday the 30th of September 2014, by his aggressive statements about the mediation of the current IGAD led Peace Talks taking place in Ethiopia.
He said the following:
The Chairman of the mediation, Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin, is biased;
Ethiopia is not neutral ground;
The Troika countries (USA, UK and Norway) are directing the talks through the Ethiopian mediator;
The Troika countries plus the European Union are responsible for the current conflict because they wanted to see regime change in Juba;
The IGAD heads of state and government did not ask the Troika from the beginning what price they were to pay in return for the money Troika was paying for the mediation;
For the above, the peace talks must be relocated from Ethiopia to Nairobi;
That his information is first hand as he is privy to inner knowledge of what is going on.
While he left all of us gasping, we have the right to ask: is this another of Makuei’s characteristic loose tongue or is it Government’s official policy?
Peace is a serious matter indeed, and therefore we will reserve our comment until we hear from the Government whether indeed this is its policy.
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