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Kiir and Machar have agreed to establish a "transitional government of national unity" that will lead to new elections, the IGAD statement said.
A key idea being pushed by the Igad mediators – who are led by Ethiopia's former foreign minister, Seyoum Mesfin – is for the warring sides and other parties to agree to the details of a transitional government of national unity.
Hailemariam said the peace process had to be "reinvigorated and reformed", adding: "In the coming days, I will consult with my colleagues, the Igad leaders, partners and friends in the region, on the continent, and beyond to agree a common plan of action".
In his remarks at Thursday's opening ceremony at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa compound, Nhial Deng Nhial, the government's chief negotiator, gave a heated rebuttal of the IGAD accord.
Amar Manyok, team leader for the IGAD women's bloc, told VICE News that the current peace proposal fails to address the conflict's brutality on women, who are its biggest victims.
This initiative, funded with €66 million by the EU, aims to strengthen the livestock sector in the IGAD region with a view to improving food security and reducing poverty.
During a visit to Khartoum in January 2014, Mark Simmonds, the UK minister for Africa, said "I very much commend Sudan for the balanced role it has played so far in support for the Igad-led negotiations".
Before heading to Addis this month, Machar gathered senior commanders from his rebel force in Pagak to prepare their response to the draft deal, billed as the final offer from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the east African group that has been mediating between the warring parties.
Co-hosted by the federal government of Somalia and the UK, it will be attended by more than 50 representatives of Somalia's donors, and representatives from international organisations including the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the EU and the African Union.
The agreement was reached in Addis Ababa, where talks were being held under the aegis of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), the regional body overseeing negotiations.
Mediator Seyoum Mesfin said leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the regional bloc overseeing the talks, will take severe action against anyone who breaks this latest agreement and report them to the African Union and UN Security Council.
