Presidents Kiir and El-Bashir Hold Joint Press Conference

Thomas Kenneth

Khartoum — The two Presidents H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit and H.E Omer El-Bashir after their closed-door meeting at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum on Saturday held a joint press conference at the Khartoum International Airport yesterday on Sunday October 9th, 2011.

President of the Republic H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit in the press conference announced that the Republic of South Sudan is committed to a friendly relationship and will work to build mutual understanding and dialogue with the Republic of Sudan. President Kiir explained that his government is ready to discuss and reach a final solution with Khartoum on all outstanding issues on the economy, security, boarders and Abyei status.

President Kiir said his seriousness in these issues is demonstrated through the high-level delegation he led to Khartoum to discuss the issues between Juba and Khartoum in a brotherly manner. President Kiir explained that some elements in both sides would like to take the two states backwards (war) but he asserted that none of the outstanding issues will take the two states back to war since he and President El-Bashir are committed to peace and stability for the two neighboring states.

On his part, President El-Bashir expressed his sincere gratitude to President Kiir for visiting Khartoum for the first time with such a high-level delegation to cooperate with him in resolving all the remaining issues. President Bashir said a fruitful meeting at the ministerial level was held and they discussed all the issues in the spirit of the agreement and determination of overcoming them to begin a new economic, political and social relationship between the two states.

President El-Bashir declared that some committees were setup and a limited time is given to them to reach a final solution to the outstanding issues, and he said the two sides will soon celebrate the signing of a final agreement on security, military, political, economic and social issues.

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