The talks come a day after South Sudanese President Salva Kiir met the prime ministers of Kenya and Ethiopia, BBC News said.
Thursday’s talks were described by Ethiopia as "very constructive and very candid,“ BBC News said.
The move is part of ongoing efforts to bring a halt to nearly two weeks of unrest in South Sudan, Africa's youngest nation which won its independence from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have died in the fighting which exposed deep ethnic rifts in South Sudan. Clashes broke out between forces loyal to President Kiir and supporters of his ex-deputy Riek Machar.
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Park Sae-jin
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