EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
COMMUNIQUÉ ON THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE TREATY OF ACCESSION OF
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
STATE HOUSE, DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA
15TH APRIL, 2016
EAC SECRETARIATARUSHA, TANZANIA
APRIL 2016
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SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE TREATY
OF ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
COMMUNIQUÉ
1.
THEIR EXCELLENCIES GENERAL
SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN, AND DR. JOHN POMBE JOSEPH MAGUFULI, PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT
OF HEADS OF STATE HAVE THIS FRIDAY THE 15TH
OF APRIL 2016, SIGNED THE TREATY OF ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE EAST AFRICAN
COMMUNITY IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA. THE
HEADS OF STATE MET AND SIGNED THE TREATY OF ACCESSION IN A WARM AND CORDIAL
ATMOSPHERE.
2.
H.E. DR. JOHN
POMBE JOSEPH MAGUFULI WAS DESIGNATED ON 2ND MARCH, 2016 BY THE SUMMIT
OF EAC HEADS OF STATE AT THEIR 17TH ORDINARY MEETING, ON ITS BEHALF,
TO SIGN THE TREATY OF ACCESSION WITH H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT,
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
3.
H.E. DR. JOHN POMBE JOSEPH
MAGUFULI THANKED H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT FOR TAKING THE
INITIATIVE TO FORMALLY APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN LESS
THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE COUNTRY ATTAINED INDEPENDENCE.
4.
THEIR EXCELLENCIES THE
HEADS OF STATE NOTED THAT THE ENTRY OF SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
WAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE REGION.
5.
H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT
THANKED THE SUMMIT OF EAC HEADS OF STATE FOR AGREEING TO ADMIT THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY.
6.
H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT
OBSERVED THAT THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN’S ADMISSION INTO THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
WAS THE FULFILMENT OF A DREAM HELD BY THE COUNTRY’S FOREFATHERS MORE THAN FIFTY
YEARS AGO, ADDING THAT IT MARKED A DECISIVE SHIFT IN THE COUNTRY’S FOREIGN AND
ECONOMIC POLICY.
7.
H.E. DR. JOHN POMBE JOSEPH
MAGUFULI DIRECTED THE EAC SECRETARIAT TO URGENTLY DEVELOP A ROADMAP FOR
FAST-TRACKING THE INTEGRATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN INTO THE ACTIVITIES,
PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY.
8.
H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT,
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
SUDAN, THANKED HIS EXCELLENCY DR. JOHN POMBE JOSEPH MAGUFULI, PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE EAC SUMMIT OF HEADS OF
STATE, FOR THE WARM AND CORDIAL HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO HIM AND HIS DELEGATION
DURING THEIR STAY IN TANZANIA.
DONE AT DAR ES SALAAM, THIS 15TH DAY OF APRIL, 2016.
………………….............…....................H.E. DR. JOHN POMBE JOSEPH MAGUFULI, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA; AND CHAIRPERSON, EAC SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE |
……….………………....……………………H.E. GENERAL SALVA KIIR MAYARDIT,
PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN
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