South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Awan Achiek
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Monday Semaya Kumba on Friday discussed with Nebil Mahdi, the Ethiopian Ambassador in South Sudan on joint cooperation in the areas of infrastructural development, education and waiver of visa requirements.
“The government (of South Sudan) is committed to achieve more positive things in terms of historical relations with Ethiopia,” said Kumba in a statement on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Kumba acknowledged the role played by Ethiopia in providing training opportunities to South Sudanese diplomats and students.
He reaffirmed Juba’s commitment to the implementation of the Agreement on the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) which provides equitable sharing of the Nile waters.
In July 2024, parliament ratified the CFA. South Sudan became the seventh riparian country to sign the agreement on sharing the Nile waters.
Kumba said the government is ready to participate in the upcoming Nile Basin Summit which will take place in Kampala on October 17, 2024.
For his part, Mahdi said the meeting discussed regional and bilateral issues.
“The meeting discussed regional and bilateral issues, especially on major achievements that Ethiopia and South Sudan have so far achieved through bilateral relations especially on infrastructure and other projects,” Mahdi said.
Mahdi said that Ethiopia is committed to implement infrastructure projects including construction of the major highway linking to South Sudan.
He said they also discussed waiving visa requirements between Juba and Addis Ababa to facilitate easier movement of people between the two countries.
In May 2010, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania signed a new treaty on the equitable sharing of the Nile waters despite strong opposition from Egypt and Sudan who have the lion’s share of the Nile waters.
