Somali president in Juba for Sudan peace deal signing

 




Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was among leaders from the region who attended the signing ceremony of a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and rebel groups in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.

“On behalf of myself and the people of the Federal Republic of Somalia, I extend my deepest congratulations to the people of Sudan for fulfilling the peace process and signing the historic agreement. I salute our brotherly people of Sudan for their solidarity in standing for peace,” President Farmajo tweeted after the event.

Sudan’s transitional government and several rebel groups today signed a peace deal aimed at ending decades of war in the country.

The event was attended by President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia, President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, and President Idriss Déby of Chad, Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly and Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdul-Rahman Al Thani, among others.

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