"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.
Ethiopian PM, Haile Mariam Desalegn, Addresses South Sudan National Legislative Assembly during one-day visit to Juba
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, address the press after signing of bilateral cooperation agreements at J-1, the State House in Juba. The cooperation agreement sign by the two Countries are Roads, Bridges, Security, Investment and Foreign relations, on 28 October 2016
October 28, 2016 (SSB) — “Today, we still continue to stand with people of South Sudan as they move forward towards the implementation of the peace agreement and consolidation stability in their own country. Ethiopia rejects the path of war and armed resistance in any forms and stands with those who have chosen peaceful engagement.
“We will not support an armed struggling group or anyone who opts for path of war and therefore we will not allow any armed movement which is detracting from peace in our region both in Ethiopia and South Sudan and will cooperate in a strong army-to-army cooperation where the president has agreed to send his chief of staff quickly to Addis Ababa and they will agree on the common cooperation of making our borders and also inland secure.
“We also agreed on protection of investment and promotion of investment in our two countries where South Sudanese investors can freely invest in Ethiopia and equally also Ethiopian investors can invest in South Sudan.”
President Kiir: “We have discussed very important issues and especially the bilateral issues and we have signed several MoUs and these are things to be implemented. We have agreed on security issues that we will not allow any negative force to use our territory to launch hostile activities on the other.”
“The road will be open so that Ethiopian goods come here by land. Instead of going far places to buy oil, they will get it from South Sudan, especially now that we are going to build our refinery.”
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