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Up to four
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Russia and Angola have
opposed moves at the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on a South
Sudanese army chief and rebel commander for their roles in fuelling a 20-month
conflict in breach of a ceasefire, diplomats say. "The United States,
very often they just say 'sanctions, sanctions, sanctions' and in some cases it
severely aggravates the situation,'' said Vitaly Churkin, the Russian
ambassador to the UN.
The
US had proposed to a UN Security Council sanctions committee that South Sudan's
army chief Paul Malong and rebel commander Johnson Olony be subjected to a
travel ban and asset freeze.
Reuters
news agency reports that Venezuela joined Russia and Angola in putting the
proposal on hold.
Diplomats said Angola
wanted to give the two sides in the conflict more time to implement the peace
deal signed last month.
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