Conference on development of border relations concludes session

Damazin, Dec. 13 (SUNA) – The conference on development of border relations between the Blue Nile State and the Ethiopian Benishangul Region concluded its session Saturday and issued its recommendations and final communiqué. Wali (governor) of Blue Nile State Abdel-Rahman Nureddayem Al-Tom signed the final communiqué of the conference on behalf of the delegation of the state, while Governor of the Ethiopian Benishangul Region Ashadli Hassen signed on behalf of the government of the region. Addressing the concluding session of the conference, the Wali of Blue Nile State expressed appreciation to the stances of the government of Benishangul Region and the federal Ethiopian government for sponsoring the works of the conference. He pointed out that the conference came out with very important recommendations, top of them ones on formation of a joint force for monitoring the border besides recommendation on expediting opening of the border crossings to ease flow of the trade movement to boost further the border relations. He affirmed keenness of the government of the state on supporting prevalence of security and stability in the two sides for consolidating the good neighborliness relations between the Sudanese and Ethiopian peoples. The governor of the Blue Nile State invited the government of the Ethiopian Benishangul Region to attend the next conference, which would be held in the Blue Nile State capital of Damazin early next June. The Governor of Benishangul Region, on his part, said that the realization of development and peace represented joint objectives between the Ethiopian and the Sudanese people, describing the relations between the Blue Nile State and Benishangul Region as model ones. BT/BT