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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>President Salva Kiir is in Saudi Arabia\u2019s capital, Riyadh to attend the first ever Saudi-African leaders\u2019 summit due tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning (Thursday) his excellency president Salva Kiir travelled to Riyadh Saudi Arabia and he will be joined by other African Heads of state for the Saudi-African summit which will take place tomorrow (Friday) in Riyadh Saudi Arabia,<\/b>\u201d said the Presidential Press Secretary Lily Adheiu.<\/p>\n

The head of state left Juba this afternoon with a number of accompanying cabinet ministers and other government officials<\/p>\n

The summit called by King Salman bin Abdulaziz aims at strengthening political, economic and social cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the African continent.<\/p>\n

The summit will identify projects and frameworks for improving bilateral and multilateral ties between Saudi and African countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe summit fixed to identify the fields of cooperation, build common vision through knowledge sharing and experience while identifying projects and frame work for improving bilateral and multilateral ties between Saudi and African Countries,\u201d Lilly added.<\/p>\n

It seeks to supporting joint action, enhancing political coordination and facilitating economic transformation through research and the local development of new energy solutions.<\/p>\n

On Monday Kiir and El Sisi met at El-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo Egyptian President Abdel Fattah regarding peace mediation on the Sudanese crisis.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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