Addis Ababa, September 22, 2024 (FBC) – Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia met with Ramadan Mohammed Abdallah Goc, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan on the margins of the 79th UNGA in New York.
The two sides discussed Issues of mutual Importance.
They exchanged views on their common stance to hold a unified position on fair and equitable utilization of water resources on the Nile.
Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie congratulated South Sudan for ratifying the Nile River Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA).
He noted that this is a historic decision displaying the desire of the People of South Sudan to ensure equitable and reasonable utilization of the Nile River.
Both agreed to stand together in the implementation of the CFA, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia (MFA Ethiopia).
Ethiopia welcomes the second Nile Summit that Uganda is hosting in mid-October 2024, to mark historic milestone of the entry into force of the CFA and the establishment of the Nile River Basin Commission which has become a reality because South Sudan deposited its instrument of ratification of the CFA with the AUC.