South Sudan president urges rebel leader to resume talks

JUBA/ ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday called on rebels to resume peace talks as the country marked its third birthday with celebrations overshadowed by fighting that has killed thousands and brought it to the verge of famine.

In a swift response, rebel leader Riek Machar told Reuters in Ethiopia that he was ready to resume dialogue but warned his troops would target South Sudan oil installations if fighting resumed and the government used canada goose uk canada goose shop oil revenues to buy arms.

Clashes erupted in the capital Juba in December pitting the government forces of Kiir against supporters of Machar, buy canada goose jacket cheap his former deputy and long time rival. The conflict has reopened deep ethnic tensions Canada Goose sale in the world youngest country, which only won independence from Sudan in 2011.

down your guns and come home, Kiir said in Juba during a ceremony marking the anniversary of independence. still renew my canada goose black friday sale call upon him (Machar) to accept the logic of peaceful resolution to the conflict Canada Goose Outlet so that we resolve this issue.

Peace talks between Kiir and canada goose coats Machar produced few results and stalled after they last met in Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa in May and agreed on a ceasefire.

our side, we are ready to continue negotiations, Machar canada goose uk outlet told Reuters in Addis Ababa, adding that canada goose coats on sale he has also called for the talks to be resumed soon.

is ticking. We don want to be blamed.

The mood in Juba was markedly more muted than in 2011 when joyous revellers canada goose factory sale sheathed in South Sudan canadian goose jacket flags uk canada goose thronged the streets and danced through the Canada Goose Jackets night.

Three years on, a much smaller and more reticent crowd listened as the president gave an independence day address. local time was expected to further curtail any celebrations.

More than 10,000 Canada Goose Parka people have been killed since clashes broke out in December and violence spread to oil producing regions, slashing output by a third and crippling buy canada goose jacket South Sudan oil dependent economy.

The United Nations has warned the east African country faces a catastrophic famine, with humanitarian agencies unable to supply food or medicine to many remote northern regions due to insecurity.

Diplomats from Western powers that helped South Sudan gain independence say neither Machar nor Kiir seem fully committed to the peace talks, with both sides accusing the other of violating previous agreements.

Rebels canadagoosejacketsaleca have accused regional mediators of siding with Kiir government and want Canada Goose online Ugandan troops brought in to support government forces to leave South Sudan.

demands will not take us anywhere, let us focus on peace, reconciliation and coming back together, Kiir said, adding that Ugandan troops Canada Goose Online would stay.

will not cheap canada goose uk order the Ugandan forces to leave South Sudan until when we are secure and we know that our institutions are being protected.

OIL LOANS South Sudan Finance Minister said last week the government plans to borrow another $1 billion from oil companies to fund its budget and repay debts piled up by previous governments.

Machar, however, canada goose said the money will be going to buy arms.

He warned that if fighting resumed, his troops would try to stop production from South Sudan oil fields even if United Nations peacekeepers were guarding these installations.

are not using it (oil revenue) for service delivery, development like building roads it is for sustaining its war machinery. So cheap Canada Goose we must deny them use of such resources if there is no peace, Machar said.

won harm oil installations but we will make sure it (output) stops, because it will be canada goose clearance used by the government to buy arms.

Machar also asked for South Sudan oil Canada Goose Coats On Sale revenues to be put into an escrow account, to be canada goose uk black friday administered by the international community, until after the conflict is canada goose clearance sale over.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir stands in front of the late Sudanese liberation hero John Garang’s mausoleum uk canada goose outlet at the 31st anniversary of canada goose store the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Juba May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu.