Kiir, Bashir Agree To Establish Eight Crossing Points
Presidents Salva Kiir of South Sudan and Omar Al Bashir Sudan on Friday night briefly met at Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa and agreed to establish eight crossing points along their long borders. 26 May 2013 Presidents Kiir and Bashir at J-One in Juba during the latter’s recent visit to Juba. [Gurtong file] By Misuk Moses Mule JUBA, 26 May 2013 [Gurtong] –The borders set to be opened included Heglig and Joda areas which the South Sudan’s minister of Foreign Affairs and international cooperation Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial said is impacting negatively on the oil production. He told the press in Addis after the meeting of the two presidents that eleven of the border points were discussed and that eight will immediately be established for the movement of the people so that movement of goods and trade can start. The Summit between the two presidents according to Nhial agreed that the Joint Political and Security Mechanism (JPSM) on both sides will be sent on ground in the area of Tashwin and Joda to plot the base of the coordinate of the map and the precise location of Tashwin and Joda as border crossing points. The two leaders in the meeting agreed to launch a credible impartial investigation and get the root cause and the circumstances surrounding the death of the Abyei Paramount Chief Kuol Deng Kual. President Kiir also met the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Haile Mariam Desalagn and discussed the relations between Sudan and South Sudan and the murder of late Paramount Chief of Abyei, Kuol Deng Kuol. The Two leaders also assessed the current situation relating to the agreements signed between the two countries. The Ethiopian PM pledged to continue supporting the process of the implementation of the agreement and normalization of the relations between South Sudan and Sudan. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooLFoiEzSEGM9kstmbA1i_916JY9mLkrkh%2BVZRq2JfA_w%40mail.gmail.com?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
