Addis Abeba, August 27, 2021 (Walta) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has congratulated Ethiopia’s government on the successful second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
The presidency announced earlier on Thursday that President Kiir, who was accompanied to Ethiopia by ministers of foreign affairs, cabinet affairs, presidential affairs, and governor of Jonglei state, was to discuss important issues pertaining to bilateral relations between the two countries.
In a statement following the meeting, the Ethiopian foreign ministry said President Kiir congratulated the Ethiopian government for the recently concluded elections in which Prosperity Party won by a landslide and commend Abiy for the successful second filling of the GERD.
“President Salva Kiir on his part congratulated the Prime Minister and the Government for the peaceful conclusion of the 6th National Election,” announced the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement it realeased.
“He also commended the successful second filling of the GERD and reaffirmed that South Sudan’s continues to attach great importance to the relations with Ethiopia,” adds the statement.
The statement further reads that Kiir also “condemned the attack of the Northern Command by TPLF which initiated an armed conflict and appreciated the Government’s effort to safeguard the Constitutional order, highlighting non-interference by external parties in Ethiopia’s current domestic challenge.”
Source: Sudans Post