Egypt on Thursday vowed to support stability and security in South Sudan, according to Egyptian media.

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi Egypt told South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir that his government is keen to support stability in South Sudan and boost mutual cooperation with the world’s youngest nation.

Kiir arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for a two-day state visit.

The two leaders held a meeting at Cairo's Ittihadiya Presidential Palace.

Al-Sisi emphasized "Egypt's complete and unlimited support for South Sudan's efforts to achieve peace and stability in the country as an extension to Egypt's national security," Al-Sisi's spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.

The two leaders, according to the statement, discussed the implementation of the peace accord in South Sudan.

In September 2018, President Kiir signed a peace deal with opposition groups to end the conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and crippled the country's development.

The statement further said the two leaders also discussed a number of regional issues.

For his part, President Kiir expressed his country's appreciation for the close cooperation with Egypt, praising Egypt's support for the peace process in South Sudan.

The two leaders last met September in Beijing on the sidelines of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation FOCAC 2018.