?Sudanese-Saudi joint committee meetings kick off

‏KHARTOUM, March 23, 2004 (KUNA) — The Ministerial Sudanese-Saudi joint committee ‏meetings kicked off here Tuesday. Sudanese Minister of External Trade Abdul ‏Hameed Mousa Kasha chaired the Sudanese side, while Saudi Minister of Commerce ‏and Industry Hashim Bin Abdullah Yamani chaired the Saudi delegation.
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In a speech he delivered during the inauguration session, Kasha said, the ‏meeting aims to enhance the distinguished cooperation relations between the ‏two brotherly states, confirming the two countries’ keenness on the interests ‏of the peoples of the two states.
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The Sudanese minister confirmed that his country is looking forward to ‏establish wider partnership between Sudan and Saudi Arabia that aims to ‏support inter-Arab cooperation.
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For his part, Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry called on the joint ‏committee to found a basis of real partnership between the two countries and ‏turn available opportunities into genuine reality that could attain exchange ‏of interests.
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The Saudi minister stressed the necessity of increasing size of commercial ‏exchange and private sector joint projects in the two countries, referring to ‏the weak Sudanese investment in the Kingdom – not more than 260 million rials ‏in 13 joint projects.‏
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It is expected the two sides will sign on Wednesday 25 projects in ‏different areas. These include cooperation in political, security, education, ‏higher education, banking, information, roads, electricity and other fields.