Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
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Elisabeth Janaina
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President Salva Kiir and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn speak
after the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements in Addis Ababa
on 24 February 2017 (ENA Photo)
February 24, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and Prime
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn have agreed to build a road linking the
two countries enabling South Sudan to export its oil to the landlocked
Ethiopia.
President Kiir arrived in Ethiopia Thursday afternoon on a three-day
official visit.
Kiir and Desalegn on Friday signed eight cooperation agreements to
enhance economic cooperation and border security between the two
neighbouring countries.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian prime
minister welcomed the agreement saying "We don’t need to go too far
distance to import oil while South Sudan is close by here with us,"
the Ethiopian premier said.
Hailemariam further said Ethiopia is currently constructing a highway
from Dima to Raad and intends to extend this road further to Boma as
part of its plans to boost economic ties with the world’s youngest
nation.
The highways due to be constructed will stretch from
Gambella-Pagak-Palouge while the second one from Dima-Raad-Boma-Bor.
The minister at the South Sudanese presidency, Mayiik Ayii, Gai, said
the construction of the road comes together with the building of a
refinery in Upper Nile with the capacity to process up top 100,000
barrels of oil per day. This project is funded by Swiss and U.S
companies.
"If the construction of this refinery is completed and the road is
completed, we will have access to some hard currency through these
refined products”, he told Sudan Tribune.
He went further to say that the refinery will allow South Sudan to
export refined fuel products at very decent prices to countries in the
region, including Ethiopia.
South Sudan currently exports its oil crude to the international
market through Port Sudan, and imports fuel from countries in the
region.
The leaders said the trans-border highway projects will allow free
movement of people, enhance trade exchange and social ties between
peoples of the two sisterly countries.
The two countries have also signed agreements on power, trade, health,
infrastructure, information, communication and media.
Another deal was also reached to establish a joint border committee
which follows up implementation of joint development activities along
with their shared border.
A joint border administrators/governors committee will be formed in
the earliest time possible to strengthen cooperation on issues of
security, trade and infrastructure development.
With regard to the political turmoil and finding durable solution to
the conflict in South Sudan the two sides recognized "the need to work
together for the implementation of the agreement on the resolution of
the conflict in South Sudan" signed in Addis Ababa in August 2015.
The two leaders further agreed to jointly work together for an
inclusive process of the national dialogue in South Sudan.
President kiir declared national dialogue on December 2016 in a bid to
arrest nearly three-years long conflict.
He called on armed opposition groups to lay down arms and join the
national dialogue.
Earlier this week, Kiir renewed his call on opposition groups to join
the "open forum" arguing the national dialogue is the best option to
consolidate peace in South Sudan.
(ST)
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25 February 01:11, by Kuch
Everybody knows how polemic SUDAN TRIBUNE is at again! How on
earth would Mr. Salva Kiir go on three days visit to ethiopia of all
countries that he (Salva Kiir) has been visiting every now and then?
My own problem with Mr. Salva Kiir however is his usual way of going
to foreign countries, go and gives useless speeches and demurely>>>
repondre message
25 February 01:27, by Kuch
This kind of awkward stance by a South Sudanese leader is what
has been exploited by some fools like Riek Machar and his brainless
followers. And even some countries in our own region and the criminals
in the then Barack Obama administration, the damn UN and their creepy
NGOs. Mr. Salva Kiir was advised right after our independence not to
renew the then UNIMIS to UNIMISS>>>
repondre message
25 February 01:36, by Kuch
because the business of the UN so-called peacekeeping is
nothing to do with peacekeeping as some fools often take it to be. It
is an overt occupation of other countries by the US and Europe on the
sly. Some of our elders who were so drunk with our independence and
were like they were the masters of the world rebuked us that we were
just boys with some attitudes towards white people>>>
repondre message
25 February 02:01, by Kuch
What war was there in South Sudan after our
independence for the UN so-called peacekeeping to be in our country
then? Non. But some of our leaders and even our people are used to
free things and they even think. UN is just their freeloader. Even
Riek Machar, a UN, the NGOs, the US, the UK and some of their creeps
in between, advised his Nuers low lives to stay in>>>
repondre message
25 February 02:24, by Kuch
the so-called UN compounds so that the US, the UK,
the UN and the NGOs give them money to get out. Really, do the US, the
UK, the UN, their UN and their creepy NGOs owe anything to our Nuers
of all people? Good luck fellows.
repondre message
25 February 06:19, by BigEgo
This is a no brainer! You think Ethiopia is in a position to
undermine one of Sudan’s economic conduits? Ethiopia and Sudan have
been mending relationships lately and this is in contrary to the fact.
South Sudan oil pipeline is gainfully significant to Sudan’s economy.
repondre message
25 February 03:41, by Dinka-Defender-General
That is the great news for South Sudan. We, the people of South
Sudan support this kind of plan. Let’s see when the project begins.
Keep your promises Mr. President Kiir. This kind of plan was supposed
to begin since our independent 2005, but late plan is better then
nothing at all.
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President Salva Kiir and Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn speak
after the signing of bilateral cooperation agreements in Addis Ababa
on 24 February 2017 (ENA Photo)
February 24, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA/JUBA) - President Salva Kiir and Prime
Minister Hailemariam Desalegn have agreed to build a road linking the
two countries enabling South Sudan to export its oil to the landlocked
Ethiopia.
President Kiir arrived in Ethiopia Thursday afternoon on a three-day
official visit.
Kiir and Desalegn on Friday signed eight cooperation agreements to
enhance economic cooperation and border security between the two
neighbouring countries.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian prime
minister welcomed the agreement saying "We don’t need to go too far
distance to import oil while South Sudan is close by here with us,"
the Ethiopian premier said.
Hailemariam further said Ethiopia is currently constructing a highway
from Dima to Raad and intends to extend this road further to Boma as
part of its plans to boost economic ties with the world’s youngest
nation.
The highways due to be constructed will stretch from
Gambella-Pagak-Palouge while the second one from Dima-Raad-Boma-Bor.
The minister at the South Sudanese presidency, Mayiik Ayii, Gai, said
the construction of the road comes together with the building of a
refinery in Upper Nile with the capacity to process up top 100,000
barrels of oil per day. This project is funded by Swiss and U.S
companies.
"If the construction of this refinery is completed and the road is
completed, we will have access to some hard currency through these
refined products”, he told Sudan Tribune.
He went further to say that the refinery will allow South Sudan to
export refined fuel products at very decent prices to countries in the
region, including Ethiopia.
South Sudan currently exports its oil crude to the international
market through Port Sudan, and imports fuel from countries in the
region.
The leaders said the trans-border highway projects will allow free
movement of people, enhance trade exchange and social ties between
peoples of the two sisterly countries.
The two countries have also signed agreements on power, trade, health,
infrastructure, information, communication and media.
Another deal was also reached to establish a joint border committee
which follows up implementation of joint development activities along
with their shared border.
A joint border administrators/governors committee will be formed in
the earliest time possible to strengthen cooperation on issues of
security, trade and infrastructure development.
With regard to the political turmoil and finding durable solution to
the conflict in South Sudan the two sides recognized "the need to work
together for the implementation of the agreement on the resolution of
the conflict in South Sudan" signed in Addis Ababa in August 2015.
The two leaders further agreed to jointly work together for an
inclusive process of the national dialogue in South Sudan.
President kiir declared national dialogue on December 2016 in a bid to
arrest nearly three-years long conflict.
He called on armed opposition groups to lay down arms and join the
national dialogue.
Earlier this week, Kiir renewed his call on opposition groups to join
the "open forum" arguing the national dialogue is the best option to
consolidate peace in South Sudan.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to com...@sudantribune.com
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
25 February 01:11, by Kuch
Everybody knows how polemic SUDAN TRIBUNE is at again! How on
earth would Mr. Salva Kiir go on three days visit to ethiopia of all
countries that he (Salva Kiir) has been visiting every now and then?
My own problem with Mr. Salva Kiir however is his usual way of going
to foreign countries, go and gives useless speeches and demurely>>>
repondre message
25 February 01:27, by Kuch
This kind of awkward stance by a South Sudanese leader is what
has been exploited by some fools like Riek Machar and his brainless
followers. And even some countries in our own region and the criminals
in the then Barack Obama administration, the damn UN and their creepy
NGOs. Mr. Salva Kiir was advised right after our independence not to
renew the then UNIMIS to UNIMISS>>>
repondre message
25 February 01:36, by Kuch
because the business of the UN so-called peacekeeping is
nothing to do with peacekeeping as some fools often take it to be. It
is an overt occupation of other countries by the US and Europe on the
sly. Some of our elders who were so drunk with our independence and
were like they were the masters of the world rebuked us that we were
just boys with some attitudes towards white people>>>
repondre message
25 February 02:01, by Kuch
What war was there in South Sudan after our
independence for the UN so-called peacekeeping to be in our country
then? Non. But some of our leaders and even our people are used to
free things and they even think. UN is just their freeloader. Even
Riek Machar, a UN, the NGOs, the US, the UK and some of their creeps
in between, advised his Nuers low lives to stay in>>>
repondre message
25 February 02:24, by Kuch
the so-called UN compounds so that the US, the UK,
the UN and the NGOs give them money to get out. Really, do the US, the
UK, the UN, their UN and their creepy NGOs owe anything to our Nuers
of all people? Good luck fellows.
repondre message
25 February 06:19, by BigEgo
This is a no brainer! You think Ethiopia is in a position to
undermine one of Sudan’s economic conduits? Ethiopia and Sudan have
been mending relationships lately and this is in contrary to the fact.
South Sudan oil pipeline is gainfully significant to Sudan’s economy.
repondre message
25 February 03:41, by Dinka-Defender-General
That is the great news for South Sudan. We, the people of South
Sudan support this kind of plan. Let’s see when the project begins.
Keep your promises Mr. President Kiir. This kind of plan was supposed
to begin since our independent 2005, but late plan is better then
nothing at all.
Elisabeth Janaina
Feb 26, 2017, 4:53:46 AM2/26/17
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From: "John Ashworth" <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: 26 Feb 2017 12:48
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
To: "Group" <sudans-joh...@googlegroups.com>
Cc:
1. Ethiopia Mulls Road to Import Oil From War-Torn South Sudan
- Plan to link Paloch fields with west of neighboring country
- World’s newest nation may build 100,000 barrel/day refinery
by Nizar Manek - Bloomberg
23 February 2017, 16:28 GMT+3 24 February 2017, 09:05 GMT+3
Ethiopia may finance a road linking it with South Sudan’s largest
oilfields, allowing the war-ravaged country to sell its neighbor fuel
produced at a planned new refinery, a South Sudanese official said.
The plan for a road linking the Paloch oilfields in South Sudan’s
Upper Nile region with Malakal city and western Ethiopia is among the
memoranda of understanding President Salva Kiir is due to sign this
week during a visit to Ethiopia, according to Mayik Ayii Deng, a
minister in Kiir’s office.
South Sudan, in turn, will build a refinery in Upper Nile with the
capacity to process as much as 100,000 barrels of oil per day, and has
secured financing from a Swiss and a U.S. company, he said, without
identifying them.
“We want to deliver this refined fuel at very decent prices,” Deng
said by phone from the capital, Juba, referring to another plan to
sell the products to Ethiopia. “We want to access some hard currency
through these refined products.”
Oil production in South Sudan plunged by at least a third to as little
as 120,000 barrels a day since conflict erupted in the East African
nation in December 2013. The decline, combined with a drop in prices,
has devastated the economy, with annual inflation accelerating to
almost 500 percent and gross domestic product forecast by
theInternational Monetary Fund to contract 6.1 percent this year after
shrinking 13.1 percent in 2016.
Unity Fields
Addressing South Sudan’s parliament on Tuesday, Kiir said Petroleum
Ministry officials were working “tirelessly” to resume production at
oilfields in the country’s former Unity state, offline since shortly
after the war began, and to complete a diesel refinery in that
location. Even as it tries to rebuild capacity, South Sudan is among
11 non-OPEC nations that have agreed to curb output in a joint bid to
clear an oil surplus.
Kiir was scheduled to arrive Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa, for a three-day visit. He and Ethiopian Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn will also sign a memorandum of understanding for
Ethiopia to supply South Sudan with electricity, Deng said.
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tewolde Mulugeta Ambaye said by
phone that “a number of agreements” will be signed and made public on
Friday, without commenting further.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-23/ethiopia-mulls-road-to-import-oil-from-war-ravaged-south-sudan-izifc4hs
END1
2. Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
From: "John Ashworth" <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: 26 Feb 2017 12:48
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
To: "Group" <sudans-joh...@googlegroups.com>
Cc:
1. Ethiopia Mulls Road to Import Oil From War-Torn South Sudan
- Plan to link Paloch fields with west of neighboring country
- World’s newest nation may build 100,000 barrel/day refinery
by Nizar Manek - Bloomberg
23 February 2017, 16:28 GMT+3 24 February 2017, 09:05 GMT+3
Ethiopia may finance a road linking it with South Sudan’s largest
oilfields, allowing the war-ravaged country to sell its neighbor fuel
produced at a planned new refinery, a South Sudanese official said.
The plan for a road linking the Paloch oilfields in South Sudan’s
Upper Nile region with Malakal city and western Ethiopia is among the
memoranda of understanding President Salva Kiir is due to sign this
week during a visit to Ethiopia, according to Mayik Ayii Deng, a
minister in Kiir’s office.
South Sudan, in turn, will build a refinery in Upper Nile with the
capacity to process as much as 100,000 barrels of oil per day, and has
secured financing from a Swiss and a U.S. company, he said, without
identifying them.
“We want to deliver this refined fuel at very decent prices,” Deng
said by phone from the capital, Juba, referring to another plan to
sell the products to Ethiopia. “We want to access some hard currency
through these refined products.”
Oil production in South Sudan plunged by at least a third to as little
as 120,000 barrels a day since conflict erupted in the East African
nation in December 2013. The decline, combined with a drop in prices,
has devastated the economy, with annual inflation accelerating to
almost 500 percent and gross domestic product forecast by
theInternational Monetary Fund to contract 6.1 percent this year after
shrinking 13.1 percent in 2016.
Unity Fields
Addressing South Sudan’s parliament on Tuesday, Kiir said Petroleum
Ministry officials were working “tirelessly” to resume production at
oilfields in the country’s former Unity state, offline since shortly
after the war began, and to complete a diesel refinery in that
location. Even as it tries to rebuild capacity, South Sudan is among
11 non-OPEC nations that have agreed to curb output in a joint bid to
clear an oil surplus.
Kiir was scheduled to arrive Thursday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa, for a three-day visit. He and Ethiopian Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn will also sign a memorandum of understanding for
Ethiopia to supply South Sudan with electricity, Deng said.
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tewolde Mulugeta Ambaye said by
phone that “a number of agreements” will be signed and made public on
Friday, without commenting further.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-23/ethiopia-mulls-road-to-import-oil-from-war-ravaged-south-sudan-izifc4hs
END1
2. Ethiopia and South Sudan agree to construct oil route
(ST) http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61734
END2
3. Kiir, Desalegn ink intergovernmental deals
Eye Radio
Michael Minassie | February 24, 2017 | 4:22 pm
President Salva Kiir and Ethiopia Prime Minister Haile Mariam
Desalegn, have agreed to form a joint committee to strengthen
cooperation on security, trade, and development along the borders.
In April 2016, over 200 people were killed and 125 children abducted
by gunmen who reportedly crossed the border to Ethiopia’s Gambella
region from South Sudan.
Officials said 180 of those people killed were Ethiopian nationals,
while more than 60 were from the attackers.
It is unclear if the security agreement has to do with the fatal attacks.
But in a joint communiqué, the deal on common border security, aims to
improve trade and development between the two countries.
The two heads of state agreed to expeditiously and with immediate
effect construct roads linking Gambella to Paluoch through Pagak.
According to the communiqué, another road will connect Ethiopia’s Dima
to Jonglei’s capital, Bor, via Raad and Boma in Buma state.
President Kiir and his Ethiopian counterpart also signed Memorandum of
Understanding on several areas of cooperation.
These include health, energy, and on communication, information and the media.
They also agreed and signed protocols on other trade-related issues
between the two countries.
The two leaders expressed readiness to work and cooperate to together
to ensure the peace agreement is implemented in letter and spirit.
http://www.eyeradio.org/kiir-desalegn-ink-intergovernmental-deals/
END3
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3. Kiir, Desalegn ink intergovernmental deals
Eye Radio
Michael Minassie | February 24, 2017 | 4:22 pm
President Salva Kiir and Ethiopia Prime Minister Haile Mariam
Desalegn, have agreed to form a joint committee to strengthen
cooperation on security, trade, and development along the borders.
In April 2016, over 200 people were killed and 125 children abducted
by gunmen who reportedly crossed the border to Ethiopia’s Gambella
region from South Sudan.
Officials said 180 of those people killed were Ethiopian nationals,
while more than 60 were from the attackers.
It is unclear if the security agreement has to do with the fatal attacks.
But in a joint communiqué, the deal on common border security, aims to
improve trade and development between the two countries.
The two heads of state agreed to expeditiously and with immediate
effect construct roads linking Gambella to Paluoch through Pagak.
According to the communiqué, another road will connect Ethiopia’s Dima
to Jonglei’s capital, Bor, via Raad and Boma in Buma state.
President Kiir and his Ethiopian counterpart also signed Memorandum of
Understanding on several areas of cooperation.
These include health, energy, and on communication, information and the media.
They also agreed and signed protocols on other trade-related issues
between the two countries.
The two leaders expressed readiness to work and cooperate to together
to ensure the peace agreement is implemented in letter and spirit.
http://www.eyeradio.org/kiir-desalegn-ink-intergovernmental-deals/
END3
______________________
John Ashworth
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+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile)
+211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile)
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