Security arrangements for Juba are not complete because the government has not fully declared its forces, the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Monitors have said.

According to the security arrangements signed in November last year, only 4,830 troops from both the government and the opposition should remain in Juba during the transitional period.

This includes all organized forces like the army, police, prisons and the presidential guards.

3,420 of the troops should come from the government side, and 1,410 from the opposition.

The rest of the troops from the two sides should be moved 25 kilometers out of Juba.

The ceasefire monitors say the government is yet to completely withdraw its forces from Juba in line with the agreement, and also declare the arms it has in other undesignated sites.

“CTSAMM is not in the position to declare completion of transitional security arrangements in Juba since the Government has not declared its forces,” CTSAMM Chairperson Gen Molla Hailemariam said during the opening of a meeting of the body this morning.

“It is my hope that with the formation of TGoNU, the outstanding issues can be addressed properly and expeditiously.”

The government is yet to respond to the concerns of the monitors.

But Gen Hailemariam said the meeting would discuss a report of recent ceasefire violations. All the parties to the agreement are represented in this meeting.