East African Community or EAC scheduled the discussion of South Sudan’s application for the first week of November.
EAC Secretary General Richard Sezibera said the meeting will take place on November 7 and 8 in Arusha Tanzania, Tanzania’s Daily News website reported.
He said a special team from South Sudan is expected to travel to Arusha to join EAC member states of Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania in the task force to determine rules of procedure and programme.
Dr Sezibera said the EAC Council of Ministers approved the proposed process of negotiating with South Sudan to join the Community during its meeting in August.
He added that the council established a high level negotiation team and nominated three members on September 30 and directed the Secretariat to start the negotiations with of South Sudan.
Dr Sezibera said Sudan’s application to join the regional body was turned down for not having a common border with any member of the East African Community.