The Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday morning arrived in Juba to discuss with President Kiir the crisis in Sudan, the office of the president reported.

General Burhan is accompanied by Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Ali al-Sadiq and General Ahmed Ibrahim Mufadel, head of the General Intelligence Authority, and other senior military officers.

“We in Sudan feel that South Sudan is the best country to meditate the conflict in Sudan because we have been one country for so long and we know each other, we know the problems and we know our needs,” said the Sudanese Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Ali al-Sadiq about the purpose the visit.

Meanwhile, South Sudan’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro said it was in the interest of South Sudan to find a solution to the crisis in Sudan.

“It is known that President Kiir is the only person who has intimacy and knowledge about Sudan and can find a solution to the Sudanese crisis,” said Dr. Lomuro.

The Minister added President Kiir is better placed to meditate on the problems in Sudan, and that he has a solution in his hands to resolve the conflict.

Burhan’s visit is his second trip outside Sudan since the conflict erupted in Khartoum on 15th April this year.

He was in Egypt on Tuesday last week, where he reportedly held talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the Egyptian coastal city of el-Alamein.

Fighting broke out in April between Sudan’s army and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and has since then exploded into open fighting in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere.