Kiir, Desalegn ink intergovernmental deals Michael Minassie | February 24, 2017 | 4:22 pm
Ethiopian PM Desalegn welcomes President Kiir upon arrival in Addis Ababa on Feb 23, 2017|Photo|Maal Maker President Salva Kiir and Ethiopia Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn, have agreed to form a joint committee to strengthen cooperation on security, trade, and development along the borders. In April 2016, over 200 people were killed and 125 children abducted by gunmen who reportedly crossed the border to Ethiopia’s Gambella region from South Sudan.Officials said 180 of those people killed were Ethiopian nationals, while more than 60 were from the attackers.It is unclear if the security agreement has to do with the fatal attacks.But in a joint communiqué, the deal on common border security, aims to improve trade and development between the two countries. The two heads of state agreed to expeditiously and with immediate effect construct roads linking Gambella to Paluoch through Pagak.Another road will connect Ethiopia’s Dima to Jonglei’s capital, Bor, via Raad and Boma in Buma state. President Kiir and his Ethiopian counterpart also signed Memorandum of Understanding on several areas of cooperation.These include health, energy, and on communication, information and the media.They also agreed and signed protocols on other trade-related issues between the two countries. The two leaders expressed readiness to work and cooperate to together to ensure the peace agreement is implemented in letter and spirit. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo8ZJgNmVEt%3D0ZKntBWZmL_4Mi%2B5RLz_W%3DsuCaqasXtAA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
