Egypt and Sudan are discussing ways to enhance joint cooperation in the various fields of transportation

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Eng. Kamel Al -Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, discussed with Eng. Salah Hamid Ismail, Minister of Urban Development, Roads and Bridges in the Republic of Sudan, today, Tuesday, ways to enhance joint cooperation in the various fields of transportation, within the framework of strategic integration between the two countries. The levels, pointing to the Egyptian state’s keenness to support development efforts and infrastructure in Sudan, and the participation of Egyptian companies in implementing major development projects. The river, and the Sudanese river navigation authority to develop the current river sidewalk of Wadi Halfa port, with a contractual value of about 300 million Egyptian pounds, with an implementation rate that reached 69 % so far. For river transport is held regularly, the most recent of which was in August 2021 in Khartoum, and there is a joint cooperation in the muddow of the navigation corridor between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean, where Sudan is one of the member states of the project’s guidance committee. Infrastructure, such as the Arab Contractors Company, the General Authority of Roads and Bridges, the Egyptian Company for the Establishment and Maintenance of Transport Facilities, and the General Contracting Company (Hassan Allam), indicating that Sudan aspired to rehabilitate bridges & quot; Halfaya & quot; And & quot; Shambat & quot; In the state of Khartoum as soon as possible, in light of Egypt’s full readiness to support these development efforts.

With regard to the wild ports sector, the Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, explained that the General Authority for Wild and Dry Ports is a permanent coordination to facilitate the transit procedures to and from Sudan, facilitate the movement of trade exchange, the transit of individuals, vehicles, and the transit of humanitarian aid to the sisterly state of Sudan from During the increase in the number of workers in each of the ports of Arqin and Qastal to accommodate densities, as well as increasing administrative and subsistence services to serve the transit, and seeking to accelerate customs clearance procedures to avoid overcrowding. To resolve operational and procedural obstacles in the land crossings. The visa to 6 months of multiple entry, as well as the need to intensify work in the Sudanese crossings to reduce waiting periods and facilitate the crossing of trucks. Economic. In the areas of circulation of various types of goods, including containers, casting goods and public, in addition to its experience in managing and operating ports stations and between the Sudanese port of Port Sudan, where this coordination and cooperation aims to prepare an integrated vision to operate the port, in a manner that ensures operational efficiency and maximizing revenues, as the field will be opened for private sector companies, through navigation rooms, to study the project and provide appropriate offers, in a way that contributes to supporting cooperation Regional and enhancing the role of ports in the movement of trade and logistical services in the region. On his part, Eng. Salah Hamid Ismail, Minister of Urban Development, Roads and Bridges in the Republic of Sudan, expressed his happiness with the visit of the Arab Republic of Egypt, stressing that the visit was an important opportunity to see joint development visions, and to discuss the priorities of the next stage with regard to projects that can be cooperated between the two sides. The mutual benefit contributes to the advancement efforts of economic integration between the two brotherly countries.

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