Baku-APA. Rebels in South Sudan are confident that "full reconciliation" can be achieved with the government, their chief negotiator has said, APA reports quoting BBC.
Taban Deng's comments came as the two sides hold ceasefire talks in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Information Minister Michel Makuel said the government was committed to ending the conflict.
About 1,000 people have been killed since violence erupted in South Sudan on 15 December.
Nearly 200,000 people have been displaced in the fighting, which has seen ethnic violence between the Dinka and Nuer communities.
President Salva Kiir is a Dinka and rebel leader Riek Machar is a Nuer, although each has prominent allies within the other's ethnic group.
The BBC outlines the background to South Sudan's crisis - in 60 seconds.
Direct talks between the two sides began in Addis Ababa on Sunday, after days of wrangling over procedural issues and the agenda.
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