President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir hailed on Tuesday the relations that bind his country to Saudi Arabia, expressing his keenness on developing them.
Kiir had received a written message from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz tackling the bilateral ties between the Kingdom and South Sudan and ways of bolstering them in various fields.
Kiir underscored Saudi Arabia’s influential role on the region and international arenas and its initiatives towards the people of the region.
King Salman’s message was delivered to Kiir by Saudi Arabia’s non-resident ambassador to South Sudan, Ali bin Hassan Jaafar during a meeting with the president in Juba on Tuesday.