2023-04-20 01:11:02
With our correspondent in Nairobi, Albany Thirouard
William Ruto spoke outside the Kenyan presidential residence. He reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access. Also asking the two camps to cooperate with the mediation of Igad, the East African Development Authority, which has planned to send him to Khartoum, alongside the South Sudanese Salva Kiir and the Djiboutian Ismail Omar Guelleh ” as soon as possible “. William Ruto insisted on the urgency of these discussions, denouncing the escalation of hostilities.
« The indiscriminate use of lethal and aerial weapons by both sides hit military and non-military targets, causing devastating damage to key public infrastructure, including roads, bridges and airports », said the Kenyan president.
« We are also very concerned that diplomatic personnel have been targeted and that civilians have been caught in the middle of the fire. A pattern of systemic violation of the norms and principles of international humanitarian law is clearly emerging. And this situation is evolving into a threat to regional and international peace and security. “, he added.
Ruto calls for international action “ urgent “. The UN, the African Union and Igad must, according to him, push for “ the restoration of a lasting peace “. On Twitter, he said he spoke by phone regarding this with Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations.
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