South Sudan vice president insists he doesn't have to trust president

Riek Machar (left) was vice president before he fell out spectacularly with the president

Rebel leader Riek Machar was reappointed as South Sudan's vice-president as part of a peace deal aimed at ending more than two years of civil war.

But does he trust President Salva Kiir? The divisions between the two were one of the causes of the conflict.

On BBC Newsday this morning Mr Machar  avoided answering the question about trust.

When he was asked for the first time "do you trust the president" he answered:

“Well I don’t have to trust him as you classically want it to be”

He explained that the two had managed to work together before on the independence of South Sudan from Sudan.

He was asked again if he trusts him now. This time he responded:

We'll see how things go

And on the subject of if President Kirr trusts him, Mr Machar said:

I don’t know, you’ll have to ask him.

Mr Machar pointed out that Mr Kiir wasn't doing him a favour by making his opponent vice president, but that instead he was just following a peace agreement they made in August.