IGAD Mediators have confirmed that President Salva Kiir and the leader of the SPLM-SPLA In Opposition, Dr. Riek Machar, will meet at 2pm today.

The face-to-face meeting between the two principals will take place at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“The two leaders are expected to discuss include power sharing, security arrangements and the structures of the executive and the national legislature,” reported Eye Radio’s Nichola Mandil.

IGAD Communications officer for the mediation team has invited all the media accredited to the mediation team.

IGAD Chief Mediator, Ambassador Seyoum Mesfin, yesterday said the principals will be meeting in the presence of the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, who is the chair of IGAD.

Meanwhile, US Secretary John Kerry has urged the leaders to ‘seize the current and final round of negotiations to deliver a sustainable peace’.

“We are well past the point where enough is enough. Leaders must put the interests of their people above their own. The violence must end. A negotiated conclusion to this conflict is required now,” Mr Kerry said in a statement.

He added that the US will work with the international partners to take further action against those who do not demonstrate a willingness to make compromises for peace.