Monitors of South Sudan's peace deal said it was at risk of collapse this week after Riek Machar failed to return to the capital.
Mr Machar was due to take up post of vice-president within a unity government as part of the deal. His team have said he was delayed by logistical issues.
"The agreement is at risk. Having come so close to the formation of the transitional government of national unity, all parties must ensure that the spirit of reconciliation, compromise and dialogue embodied by the agreement should be protected," said Festus Mogae, chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC).
The US expressed disappointment at what it described as his "wilful decision" not to follow through on the agreed delay.
"His failure to go to Juba despite efforts from the international community places the people of South Sudan at risk of further conflict and suffering," the US State Department's spokesperson, John Kirby said, adding that it undermined "the peace agreement's reform pillars, which are demilitarising South Sudan, injecting transparency of public finances, and pursuing justice and reconciliation, all of which offer South Sudan a chance for renewal."
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Mr Machar was due to take up post of vice-president within a unity government as part of the deal. His team have said he was delayed by logistical issues.
"The agreement is at risk. Having come so close to the formation of the transitional government of national unity, all parties must ensure that the spirit of reconciliation, compromise and dialogue embodied by the agreement should be protected," said Festus Mogae, chairman of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC).
The US expressed disappointment at what it described as his "wilful decision" not to follow through on the agreed delay.
"His failure to go to Juba despite efforts from the international community places the people of South Sudan at risk of further conflict and suffering," the US State Department's spokesperson, John Kirby said, adding that it undermined "the peace agreement's reform pillars, which are demilitarising South Sudan, injecting transparency of public finances, and pursuing justice and reconciliation, all of which offer South Sudan a chance for renewal."
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