Sudan President Pays Historic Visit to South Sudan

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (r.) hugs his Sudanese counterpart Omar al Bashir as he arrives at Juba airport on Friday, April 12, 2013. The Sudanese president was visiting South Sudan for the first time since it split from Sudan in 2011.

The plane carrying Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to his first visit of South Sudan taxis to a halt at Juba airport on Friday, April 12, 2013.

A band plays to welcome Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to South Sudan.

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan stand to attention, side-by-side, as the national anthems of their countries play at Juba airport on Friday, April 12, 2013 at the start of the first visit by Sudanese President Omar al Bashir to South Sudan.

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir gets a red carpet welcome as he arrives at Juba airport for his first visit to South Sudan since it split from Sudan in 2011.

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir inspects an honor guard at Juba airport at the start of his first visit to South Sudan.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (r) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan al Bashir outside his presidential office in Juba on Friday, April 12, 2013.

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir address reporters at a joint news conference at the end of Bashir's historic visit to South Sudan.