Gen. Chol Thon Balok, Minister of Defences and Veteran Affairs - COURTESTY

The Government of Egypt has invited South Sudan’s Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs to participate in a military exhibition in December.

The 3rd edition of Egypt Defense Expo dubbed as EDEX is slated to take place from the 4^th to the 7^th of December 2023.

Speaking on the state-run TV, SSBC on Wednesday Lieutenant General Chol Thon Balok confirmed the invitation and expressed his readiness to attend the event.

“We received an invitation from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to visit Egypt in the month of December to attend the military exhibition.

“I accepted the invitation and confirmed my readiness to attend the military exhibition. We also discussed issues of building the army’s capabilities.

In April 2022, the Egyptian government expressed its interest in sending experts to qualify the organized forces’ capabilities in the country.

These include the Prison Serves, Civil Defense Forces, and CID among others.

In his remarks, the Egyptian Ambassador to South Sudan Mostafa Abdelkader said the relations between the two governments focus on military cooperation.

“We also talked about the depth of the relations between the two countries and focused on topics such as capacity building as well as military cooperation between the two countries.”