The Chinese government has given more than $100 million to South Sudan as part of a development fund.

The deal was reached after talks between South Sudanese and Chinese government officials held in New York last week.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Doctor Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the money will be incorporated into the government’s budget:

“We had a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister, who had informed me of having given a grant of two hundred million Yuan to the Republic of South Sudan as a gift, and it will be spent according to the development budget of the Republic of South Sudan… but it is a grant.”

Last week, China and South Sudan signed two agreements on provision of anti-malarial medicine and training of medical personnel to run Rumbek hospital.