Government of South Sudan (Juba)

South Sudan: President Kiir Meets President Bashir

By Thomas Kenneth From Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 July 2012

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Photo: Isaac Billy/UN Photo
Independence day ceremony (file photo): Sudan's president Omar Al-Bashir (left) and South Sudan's president Salva Kiir met in Ethiopia for the first since the two countries went to battle over the Heglig oil field in April.

Addis Ababa — The President of the Republic H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit held closed bilateral talks yesterday on Saturday July 14th, 2012 evening with his counterpart of the Republic of Sudan Omer El-Bashir at Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa.

The meeting between the two heads of the neighboring states took at least one hour. They did not give a statement to the press after the meeting but the following six photos talk clearly about the meeting which proclaims hopes for a better future, you can study them carefully:

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