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From: Er-News (er_news@dehai.org)
Date: Fri Jul 08 2011 - 23:50:03 EDT
Asmara, 8 July 2011 – President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Juba city
to participate in the official celebrations marking the declaration
of the Republic of South Sudan due to take place tomorrow.
On arrival at Juba International Airport, the President was accorded
warm welcome by senior officials and Commanders of the Government of
South Sudan and that of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM). Earlier, an Eritrean government delegation headed by Foreign
Minister Osman Saleh that included Mr. Yemane Gebreab, Head of
Political Affairs at the PFDJ, and Mr. Abdala Jabir, Head of
Organizational Affairs at the Front arrived in Juba on July 6 to take
part in the celebrations.
It is to be recalled that 98.8% of the people of South Sudan voted
for secession from North Sudan in the referendum conducted on 9
January 2011 in line with the comprehensive Naivasha peace agreement
signed in 2005.
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