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Border agreement with Libya and Egypt

A border trade agreement was signed between the Ministry of foreign Trade and the Northern State(Sudan), Libya and Egypt, Sudanese Television reported on 16 January. The agreement, amounting to US $5.09 million dollars, is intended to boost border trade with Egypt and Libya, said state media.

The Northern State governor, Dr. Al-Mu’tasim Abd-al-Rahimal Hasan, said the state was happy to promote the exchange of foreign trade with Egyptian province of Aswan , and with Libya through Kufrah road, Sudan Television reported.


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