South Sudan Requests To Join Arab League

Abbas Kamel and Sudan

Abbas Kamel and Sudan

During his vist to Juba on Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with a number of South Sudanese officials to discuss a various of issues of cooperation and mutual interest, according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

Translation: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir reads a letter from President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi delivered by the foreign minister in Juba today.

Shoukry also met with members of the country's National Dialogue Steerting Committee, during which he highlighted ways to bolster security and stability in South Sudan in accordance with the national dialogue initiative.

South Sudan is part of a two-country visit by Egypt's foreign minister, who is set to go to Kenya later Monday. The Egyptian foreign minister heads to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi next.

Kiir also explained, during the meeting, the work of the national dialogue steering committee and the various stages of the national dialogue aimed at achieving peace and stability in the country.

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South Sudan is well into its fifth year of fighting and the conflict, which has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions, shows no signs of ending.

During South Sudan's earlier war for independence from Sudan, Egypt accepted South Sudanese refugees and gave them access to education in their universities, for which South Sudan is "forever grateful", said Deng.

This is the Egyptian foreign minister's first visit to South Sudan since 2015.

Egypt, according to the minister for the presidency, is now hosts over 50,000 South Sudanese who are afforded all freedoms like citizens of Egypt.

Monday's meeting also reportedly saw an agreement signed establishing a "mechanism for political consultation" between Cairo and Juba, while Shukry also conveyed a message to Kiir - the contents of which were not disclosed - from the Egyptian president.

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