President Kiir holds talks with Sudan’s Lt. Gen. al-Burhan

Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Lt. Gen. Abdelfattah Al-Burhan is in South Sudan for a one-day state visit. State tweeted that Al-Buhran jetted in the country for a meeting with President Salva Kiir Mayardit over the quest for peace and to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.

State House tweeted: ‘‘H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council is in Juba for Sudan’s peace talks with the holdout opposition groups of SPLM-North of General Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu and SLM of Abdel Wahid al-Nur.’’

This is his second visit to the country in a span of a month after he came to Juba on March 3, where President Kiir hosted him. Details of the meeting remained scanty.