ADDIS ABABA: The Working Session of the First Ethiopia-South Sudan Joint Border Administrators meeting convened today on the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. The two-day meeting aims to exchange views on issues of development cooperation, joint infrastructure development, and advancing people-to-people relations, among others.

According to Ethiopian News Agency, Ambassador Fesseha Shawel, there is a need to scale up the relationship between the two brotherly countries to the next level by addressing cross-border issues. Ambassador Antipas Nyok, Director of Borders and Foreigners at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Sudan, highlighted the importance of the deliberation to address issues of mutual concern with the spirit of achieving mutual benefit.