Sudan, Brazil agree to enhance mutual cooperation

July 3, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and Brazil have on Sunday agreed to develop and promote bilateral relations in the various fields especially trade and investment.

Brazilian Ambassador to Khartoum José Mauro da Fonseca Costa on Sunday has discussed with Sudan’s Foreign Ministry Under-Secretary Abdel-Ghani Al-Naem the bilateral ties and ways to enhance joint cooperation between the two nations.

During the meeting, Costa briefed the Sudanese diplomat on joint private sector investments and ways to promote them, stressing his government’s desire to develop economic relations with Sudan.

He pointed to the importance to embark on arrangements for the next meeting of the joint political consultations committee between the two nations which would be held in Brazil.

The Brazilian envoy added that he would exert every possible effort to coordinate with officials in both nations to promote bilateral ties in all domains particularly trade exchange and investment.

For his part, Al-Naem briefed Costa on the recent economic and political developments including the national dialogue besides President Omer al-Bashir’s declaration of a four-month ceasefire in South Kordofan and Blue Nile and the Roadmap Agreement for peace and dialogue brokered by the African Union.

He also pointed to Sudan’s efforts to enhance regional security and stability especially in Libya, South Sudan and Yemen, calling for the need to speed up actions to move bilateral ties to more advanced stages particularly in areas of trade, agriculture, investment and technical cooperation.

The Sudanese diplomat further underscored the need to resolve all problems facing the flow of investment between the two nations.

(ST)