Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received on Thursday a message from South Sudan President Salva Kiir. The message was delivered by Tut Galwak, Advisor of President Kiir for Security Affairs in the presence Head of the General Intelligence Authority Major General Abbas Kamel.
The message included a review of the political developments and the current position on the peace process in South Sudan, in addition to some issues of bilateral relations, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said.
President Sisi welcomed the guest and requested him to convey his greetings to President Kiir, stressing Egypt’s keenness to consolidate the pillars of security and stability in South Sudan, as a decisive factor and as a basic pillar that ensures its success and sustainability and opens up prospects for co-operation to achieve development in its various fields.
The President also affirmed Egypt’s determination to enhance bilateral co-operation in order to transfer the Egyptian experience in drawing up an integrated development strategy for South Sudan, especially in the sectors of urban planning, infrastructure, roads and axes, and transportation.
This comes in addition to developing the existing co-operation between the two countries in the fields of human resources training and education in its various stages, agriculture, irrigation, water stations and other sectors.
The South Sudanese presidential advisor expressed his country’s great appreciation for Egypt, its people and its leadership, praising the continuous development in the course of bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields.
He also stressed his country’s aspiration to benefit from the leading Egyptian expertise in advancing the construction process, with the aim of meeting the ambitions of the South Sudanese people towards a better future and within the framework of the close historical ties that unite the two countries and peoples.
The meeting also included an exchange of views on the developments of a number of regional issues of common interest, including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam file.
