James Wani Igga, the second vice president of South Sudan, is visiting Ethiopia today where he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Tedros Adhanom to discuss relations between the two countries and implementation of the peace deal.

Ethiopia is a guarantor of the peace deal and its former foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin oversaw the mediation process that led to the creation of the deal signed in August 2015.

According to Ethiopian state media, citing the foreign ministry, Igga conveyed the warm greetings of the government of South Sudan and wished for continued good relations. “On the occasion, Wani briefed Dr. Tedros on South Sudan's current peace implementation process and its progresses,” the ministry stated.

The vice president also referred to the need to help South Sudan's struggling economy “through bilateral trade and investment.”

Tedros reportedly “also noted the importance of revitalizing South Sudan's economy,” according to state media. “Doing this, the Minister said was necessary to achieve sustainable peace.”

Tedros mentioned Ethiopian-Djbouti economic cooperation as exemplary, out of which lessons should be drawn for further cooperation with South Sudan.