The calls for a UN arms embargo on the warring parties are not necessary, the government has said.

This statement comes a day after national and international civil society groups wrote a letter to US president Barrack Obama, urging to support the arms embargo.

The groups said ‘more weapons will mean more fuel to the fire, more attacks on civilians, arbitrary killings, rape, burnings and pillage’.

Ambassador Mawien Makol, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says a government lobby group that visited the US last year has convinced the international community that the South Sudan government is committed to peace.

“We as the government made it clear that we are committed to peace and we are not violating any kind of ceasefire,” Amb Makol said.

“So here, there is no any reason for the government to be pressured too much. You only pressure someone who is violating.”

In December last year, the European Union imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan. It also invited all key international partners to consider the embargo.