Sudan’s Bashir invited to Egypt’s international economic conference
January 20, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s president Omer Hassan al-Bashir has received an official invitation from his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to attend the international economic conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh scheduled for next March.
Egypt hopes the three-day summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh will attract investments worth $10 to $12 billion in 40 projects to boost an economy battered by years of political turmoil.
According to Egypt’s minister of investment, Ashraf Salman, nearly 120 countries and 3,500 investors have been invited to participate in the summit.
The statement added that the meeting of Karti and al-Majzoub discussed ways for promoting bilateral relations in all fields besides arrangements for holding the meeting of the joint presidential cooperation committee and the specialized technical committees.
The Egyptian diplomat also conveyed to Karti his country’s desire to promote ties with Sudan to achieve the common interest of the two brotherly people, the statement said.
Karti has underscored Sudan’s keenness to push forward ties to wider horizons in fulfillment of the directives of the political leadership in both countries, saying the meeting of the joint presidential committee should focus on the most pressing areas of cooperation.
Relations between the countries became strained after former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was ousted from power in July 2013, but have since improved.
During his brief stop in Khartoum last June, Al-Sisi invited Bashir to visit Cairo.
Following an official two-day visit to Cairo last October, Bashir said he fully agreed with al-Sisi in all issues pertaining to bilateral ties, as well as regional and international relations, pointing to the existence of strong political will to strengthen ties.
(ST)