The Embassies of Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the Delegation of the European Union strongly concur with the assessment by the Chairman of the Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission that the political and security situation in South Sudan has markedly worsened in ways not seen since 2018. 

They reaffirm their urgent call for President Kiir to reverse the house arrest of First Vice President Machar and for all party leaders to return to dialogue urgently aimed at achieving a political solution. 

They deplore the April 26 statement by a senior transitional government minister that referred to "friendly" and "hostile" counties. They also reaffirm their call on all party leaders to end the use of violence as a tool for political competition and to desist from further unilateral actions.