Egypt, Sudan move forward with railway network
Egypt and Sudan are preparing to construct a railway network to boost trade on the African market.
Egypt has taken serious steps to construct a cross-border railway linking it to Sudan to transport goods and passengers in the latest sign of stronger cooperation between the two downstream Nile states.
On March 11, Aswan Governor Ashraf Attia met with officials at the Egyptian Ministry of Transport to study the designs and implementation plans for the project, which aims to boost tourism and bilateral trade.
The meeting coincided with a two-day visit to Cairo by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. He was accompanied by a high-level government delegation and met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on March 11.
According to a statement by the Egyptian presidency, Sisi and Hamdok discussed bilateral ites and ways to boost commercial and economic cooperation, including the railway project and joint industrial or agricultural investment.
