南蘇丹總統在埃塞俄比亞準備與叛軍和談

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrived in Ethiopia Sunday for peace talks aimed at brokering an end to his country's 20-month civil war.

Mr. Kiir's presence in Addis Ababa comes less than two days after he cancelled the planned trip over concerns that rebel factions slated to participate in Monday's talks had split apart and would not present a united front. He later reversed himself, voicing fear that his absence from the talks would be seen as opposition to the peace process.

The makeup of the rebel delegation was not clear late Sunday, less than a week after two rebel generals said they were no longer allied with Mr. Kiir's chief rival, rebel leader Riek Machar.

But Machar, who has been in the city for several days, told VOA he will participate in negotiations with the leaders of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sudan at the regional summit. Machar also said both sides are under intense international pressure to sign an accord.南蘇丹總統基爾星期天抵達埃塞俄比亞，準備參加旨在促成結束該國曆時20個月內戰的和談。

基爾總統在抵達亞的斯亞貝巴的不到兩天之前，出於擔心計劃參加星期一和談的反叛派別出現分裂，無法組成一個團結陣線，他曾經取消了計劃中的行程。後來

基爾總統改變了自己的想法，表示害怕他缺席和談將被視爲反對和平進程。

反叛派別代表團的組成情況直到星期天晚間仍然不明。此前不到一週，兩名叛軍將軍表示，他們不再與基爾總統的主要對手、叛軍領導人裏克·馬查爾爲伍。

但是已經在亞的斯亞貝巴數天的裏克·馬查爾告訴美國之音，他將和來自肯尼亞、烏干達、埃塞俄比亞以及蘇丹的領導人一道參加此次和談。裏克·馬查爾還表示，雙方都受到巨大的，要求籤署和平協定的國際壓力。