South Sudan moves to connect to the fiber optic from Djibouti Port

South Sudan President, Salva Kiir, has tipped his Infrastructure cabinet, Taban Deng, to initiate talks with the governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia on the need to facilitate infrastructural projects to bolster bilateral cooperation.

As Taban plans an official visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia, President Kiir directed his delegates to canvass for the support to the roadmap of the infrastructural project.

A statement from the office of the president quoted Taban saying “discussions were already initiated among the governments of South Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti on how to link South Sudan to the port of Djibouti,”

He explained that areas of Bahr el Ghazal region are closer to Djibouti Port than Mombasa Port adding that “the road is important for the import and export of South Sudan resources to the International Market, as it will also serve the oil fields in Bentiu.”

If this is activated, as Taban foresighted, the bilateral cooperation with Djibouti and Ethiopia would enhance road networking through Pagak-Mathiang-Malakal-Bentiu-Gogrial and ports along the Nile.

Sudan Minister for Petroleum, on Wednesday, said the Djibouti Port was closer than Mombasa and Lamu Ports and was the gateway to the wider market than Sudan and Kenya ports.
Puot Kang added that it was closer to oilfields in Upper Nile, Unity State and Jonglei State.

The agreement for usage of Djibouti port was signed at the conference on Tuesday, as well as the acquisition of land for deports.