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Thursday 28 Jan 2016 - 11:44 Makkah mean time-18-4-1437
S. Sudan President Kiir (L), and Sudan's President al-Bashir (File image: Reurters)
Khartoum (IINA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ordered the opening of his country's border with South Sudan for the first time since the south's secession in 2011.
Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that President al-Bashir issued a decree on Wednesday ordering the opening of borders with the state of South Sudan and ordered the relevant authorities to take all measures required to implement this decision on the ground.
The border between the two countries was closed in 2011 when relations deteriorated after the south seceded following a long civil war.
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Tuesday unilaterally announced a normalization of relations with Sudan in response to al-Bashir agreeing to cut the transit fees for South Sudan's oil crossing Sudan's territory via pipeline to the Red Sea last week.
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