Hereunder, The Ethiopian Herald presents some of the major visits by leaders and prominent personalities to Ethiopia. AfricaIn the past year, presidents of South Sudan, Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia paid state visits to Ethiopia. Ethiopia and South Sudan have signed agreements in various fields including expansion of infrastructure, communication, media, preferential trade as well as border trade protocol. Following the discussion, accord was reached to commence the construction of the railway that would connect Ethiopia with Port Sudan. The two countries came to terms to expand Ethiopia's access to Port Sudan and build a 500-KVA (kilovolt-ampere) interconnection line from Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) to Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News January 17, 2018 07:41 UTC