Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
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President Salva Kiir and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn speak
after the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements in Addis Ababa
on 24 February 2017 (ENA Photo)
February 24, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and Prime
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn have agreed to build a road linking the
two countries enabling South Sudan to export its oil to the landlocked
Ethiopia.
President Kiir arrived in Ethiopia Thursday afternoon on a three-day
official visit.
Kiir and Desalegn on Friday signed eight cooperation agreements to
enhance economic cooperation and border security between the two
neighbouring countries.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian prime
minister welcomed the agreement saying "We don’t need to go too far
distance to import oil while South Sudan is close by here with us,"
the Ethiopian premier said.
Hailemariam further said Ethiopia is currently constructing a highway
from Dima to Raad and intends to extend this road further to Boma as
part of its plans to boost economic ties with the world’s youngest
nation.
The highways due to be constructed will stretch from
Gambella-Pagak-Palouge while the second one from Dima-Raad-Boma-Bor.
The minister at the South Sudanese presidency, Mayiik Ayii, Gai, said
the construction of the road comes together with the building of a
refinery in Upper Nile with the capacity to process up top 100,000
barrels of oil per day. This project is funded by Swiss and U.S
companies.
"If the construction of this refinery is completed and the road is
completed, we will have access to some hard currency through these
refined products”, he told Sudan Tribune.
He went further to say that the refinery will allow South Sudan to
export refined fuel products at very decent prices to countries in the
region, including Ethiopia.
South Sudan currently exports its oil crude to the international
market through Port Sudan, and imports fuel from countries in the
region.
The leaders said the trans-border highway projects will allow free
movement of people, enhance trade exchange and social ties between
peoples of the two sisterly countries.
The two countries have also signed agreements on power, trade, health,
infrastructure, information, communication and media.
Another deal was also reached to establish a joint border committee
which follows up implementation of joint development activities along
with their shared border.
A joint border administrators/governors committee will be formed in
the earliest time possible to strengthen cooperation on issues of
security, trade and infrastructure development.
With regard to the political turmoil and finding durable solution to
the conflict in South Sudan the two sides recognized "the need to work
together for the implementation of the agreement on the resolution of
the conflict in South Sudan" signed in Addis Ababa in August 2015.
The two leaders further agreed to jointly work together for an
inclusive process of the national dialogue in South Sudan.
President kiir declared national dialogue on December 2016 in a bid to
arrest nearly three-years long conflict.
He called on armed opposition groups to lay down arms and join the
national dialogue.
Earlier this week, Kiir renewed his call on opposition groups to join
the "open forum" arguing the national dialogue is the best option to
consolidate peace in South Sudan.
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25 February 01:11, by Kuch
Everybody knows how polemic SUDAN TRIBUNE is at again! How on
earth would Mr. Salva Kiir go on three days visit to ethiopia of all
countries that he (Salva Kiir) has been visiting every now and then?
My own problem with Mr. Salva Kiir however is his usual way of going
to foreign countries, go and gives useless speeches and demurely>>>
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25 February 01:27, by Kuch
This kind of awkward stance by a South Sudanese leader is what
has been exploited by some fools like Riek Machar and his brainless
followers. And even some countries in our own region and the criminals
in the then Barack Obama administration, the damn UN and their creepy
NGOs. Mr. Salva Kiir was advised right after our independence not to
renew the then UNIMIS to UNIMISS>>>
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25 February 01:36, by Kuch
because the business of the UN so-called peacekeeping is
nothing to do with peacekeeping as some fools often take it to be. It
is an overt occupation of other countries by the US and Europe on the
sly. Some of our elders who were so drunk with our independence and
were like they were the masters of the world rebuked us that we were
just boys with some attitudes towards white people>>>
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25 February 02:01, by Kuch
What war was there in South Sudan after our
independence for the UN so-called peacekeeping to be in our country
then? Non. But some of our leaders and even our people are used to
free things and they even think. UN is just their freeloader. Even
Riek Machar, a UN, the NGOs, the US, the UK and some of their creeps
in between, advised his Nuers low lives to stay in>>>
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25 February 02:24, by Kuch
the so-called UN compounds so that the US, the UK,
the UN and the NGOs give them money to get out. Really, do the US, the
UK, the UN, their UN and their creepy NGOs owe anything to our Nuers
of all people? Good luck fellows.
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25 February 06:19, by BigEgo
This is a no brainer! You think Ethiopia is in a position to
undermine one of Sudan’s economic conduits? Ethiopia and Sudan have
been mending relationships lately and this is in contrary to the fact.
South Sudan oil pipeline is gainfully significant to Sudan’s economy.
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25 February 03:41, by Dinka-Defender-General
That is the great news for South Sudan. We, the people of South
Sudan support this kind of plan. Let’s see when the project begins.
Keep your promises Mr. President Kiir. This kind of plan was supposed
to begin since our independent 2005, but late plan is better then
nothing at all.
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