August 16, 2022 (JUBA) – South Sudan and neighbouring Ethiopia have signed a security pact committing the two countries to promote bilateral relations on a host of issues that do not compromise safety and security.
The deal, signed on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, drew the participation of key security as well as law enforcement officials between the two countries.
South Sudan’s presidential adviser on security affairs, Tut Galyak Manime, minister of interior, Mohamoud Solomon Age, director general of the internal bureau of the national security services, and Director General for Immigration Passports and Nationality Atem Marol Biar attended the event.
The head Ethiopia’s internal security, Berohetesefa Mulugeta represented his government.
Manime told Eldawahi on Tuesday that the pact commits the two countries to exchange information, conduct exchange visits and enhance training capacity building and information on Immigration, counter-terrorism, and border crossing crimes.
We are here in our capacity as the representatives of his excellency the president of the republic of South Sudan, Gen Salva Kiir, and as the representatives of the people and the government of South Sudan.
We conveyed the, especially of His Excellency to his brother, the prime minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed. We conveyed the message of assurance of unflinching cooperation and coordination of issues of mutual concerns and benefit to the citizens of the two countries and to promote peace and security in the region as part of their commitment to maintaining peace and stability in the region, he explained.
The details of the memorandum of understanding that the heads of security and immigration officials have signed remain unclear. South Sudan and Ethiopia share a large swathe of porous borders with unoccupied spaces often suspected of being used by armed dissidents on either side as safe havens
