Egyptian Prime Minister says country will invest millions in South Sudan

CAIRO – Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly has told South Sudan’s minister of irrigation Manawa Peter Gatkuoth that his county will invest millions of dollar in different projects in the world’s youngest country.

On Monday, Minister Manawa who is on a two-week visit to Egypt met the Egyptian Prime Minister to discuss bilateral relations between South Sudan and the North African Arab country.

Nader Saad, Spokesman for the premier, said “Madbouly lauded distinguished and deeply-rooted relations binding the two countries. Madbouly called for accelerating steps to form a high committee grouping the two countries.”

The South Sudanese official praised Egypt’s support of South Sudan during the floods crisis and the airlift it launched to offer urgent humanitarian assistance to the victims of the floods.

He said South Sudan is keen on enhancing cooperation with Egypt and benefiting from its expertise in the capacity building domain.

He voiced hope to open a branch of any Egyptian bank in South Sudan soon.

He lauded Egypt’s establishment of industrial schools in South Sudan, a school that brings qualified cadres that meet the needs of labor market.

For his part, Manawa also thanked the Egyptian Higher Education Ministry for increasing the number of grants offered to South Sudanese students to study in Egyptian universities.

He hoped for drawing on Egypt’s expertise in building new cities in record time, saying a delegation of the Housing Ministry will pay a visit to Egypt soon to stand on the underway housing projects.