The new prime minister of the Central African Republic (CAR), Mahamat Kamoun, has vowed to reconcile the factions that are in conflict along ethnic and religious lines in the country.

On Monday, Kamoun said that his top priority was to form an “inclusive” government, restore security, and deal with the African country’s humanitarian crisis.

“You have questions of humanitarian need, humanitarian challenges that need to be addressed,” Kamoun said during his first press conference.

“You also have national reconciliation. Improving the economy, and finally, preparing for [2015] elections,” the new premier added.

Kamoun was named the country’s prime minister on Sunday. A former advisor to CAR’s interim President Catherine Samba-Panza, Kamoun was appointed by a presidential decree on August 10.

He will lead a transitional government tasked with implementing a truce agreed last month in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo between the representatives of the mostly Muslim Seleka group and armed Christian militia.

Meanwhile, Seleka spokesman Abou Mal Mal Hissene has said his group would not take part in Kamoun’s government.

The CAR descended into deadly violence last December when Christian armed groups launched coordinated attacks against the Seleka group, which had toppled the government in March 2013. Anti-balaka Christian militias have also driven many Muslims out of the capital city of Bangui.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos said in March that almost all of more than 100,000 Muslims once residing in Bangui had fled violence perpetrated by the Christian militants.