Sudan and Ethiopia Sign Protocol on Deployment of Joint Forces

Sudan and Ethiopia Sign Protocol on Deployment of Joint Forces

March/13 | am:10:52 / No Comments 141 views

Sudan and Ethiopia signed in Khartoum a protocol on the deployment of joint forces to control the borders and to fight smuggling, the illegal immigration and the cross border-crimes.
The Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Dr. Kamal Abdul-Maarouf signed for Sudan, while the Ethiopian Chief of Staff signed for his country.
Lt. Gen. Abdul-Marouf said in a press statement that the two countries signed the protocol to deploy the joint forces, stressing that Sudan has been releasing regional initiatives to maintain peace and security in the conflict-hit-region.
He underlined that Sudan and Ethiopia will continue to strongly, control all problems and prevent confrontations and preserve the rights of the peoples at the border areas, describing the relations with Ethiopia as historical.
He affirmed that the visit of his Ethiopian counterpart to Sudan comes in the context of the regular exchange of visits between the two countries, indicating that a number of protocols and agreements were signed between the Sudanese and Ethiopian armies fior boostng the military cooperation and holding meetings of mechanisms, and at the ministerial, Chief of Staff, experts and border teams..
‘He said that these mechanisms have been working in coordination and harmony to find solutions to all the problems that occur at the joint border.
He revealed that the experts of the two countries will meet after two weeks to workout the details of the location of the forces which will be stationed after the rainfall where, the joint protocol will be reactivated.

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