Bahardar - The Sudanese and Ethiopian sides at the Joint Committee for Development of the Joint Border have appreciated by the end of their meetings in Bahardar the distinguished level of the cooperation and understanding between them for solving the issues of mutual concern.
The joint communiqué issued by the two parties appreciated the progress achieved since the recent meeting of the joint committee in Sinja.
The committee has lauded the increasing cooperation between the two countries in combating of the smuggling of weapons, calling for more strengthening to the mechanism at the level of regions and localities and districts in this regard.
The joint communiqué stated that the two sides have agreed to give a special concern to arrest the smugglers gangs and networks and to increase the awareness about the danger of weapons on the general security.
In the trade field, the Sudanese and Ethiopian parties appreciated the cooperation between the two countries for implementing the agreements on the trade and the border trade between the two countries and affirmed their readiness to facilitate and to boost the inter-border trade between them.
The joint committee has praised the level of the cultural exchange between the administrative units in the two countries as well as the people's participation in the cultural programs.
The Sudanese and Ethiopian sides underscored the importance of enhancing the mechanisms of information exchange and appreciated the joint efforts for establishment of health quarantines for livestock as well as the cooperation between the two sides for combating animal diseases and agricultural pests.
Meanwhile, The Secretary General of the Decentralized Government Council and head of the Sudanese side in the meetings of the Joint Committee for the Development of the Sudanese - Ethiopian Border, Prof. Al-Amin Dafa'allah, currently convening in Bahr Dar, Ethiopia, has lauded the great progress that the committee has achieved in the political and security fields.
He said in a press statements on the sidelines of the meetings, which are due to be concluded Thursday evening, that most of the decisions and recommendations of the committee's previous meetings were implemented, He said that the most important thing is the existence of the follow up and implementation mechanism, at the level of the states, which holds regular meetings to solve the problems and to enhance the joint work.
He said that the recommendations were focused on benefiting from the regional and continental roads network linking the neighboring states in the two countries for boosting the relations between them.
He indicated that the two sides are keen to support the security and stability at the joint borders, pointing out that there are no bandits (shiffta), except in a small area.
He said that the two sides are effectively cooperating to prevent security violations.
Prof. Dafa'alla emphasized the strong political will of the two parties for boosting the relations between the two countries in order to achieve stability at the borders between them for the interest of the two peoples.
On the other hand, The Governor of the Ethiopian Amhara Region and chairman of the Ethiopian side in the 14th session of the joint committee for development of the joint Sudanese - Ethiopian border, currently in session in Bahardar, Ato Ayalew Gobeze, affirmed that the two sides had a very useful and candid talks that focused on consolidation of the bilateral relations, especially in the political, security, commercial aspects.
In a statement to SUNA on the sidelines of the meetings of the joint committee in Baherdar, Ethiopia, chairman of the Ethiopian side commended the bilateral cooperation in combating the peace-enemy elements at the joint borders, stressing the necessity of cementing the cooperation mechanisms in this connection.
He explained that the Amhara Region have good commercial relations with the neighboring Sudanese states the in fields of animal resources and agricultural production, affirming endeavours to assess the inter-border trade in the coming period.
He highlighted on the Sudanese Investment in the Amhara region, which include Ashraf Meat Processing Company, enumerating the privileges accorded to the Sudanese investors, including tax exemption and incentives.
On tourism in Amhara region, he revealed that the region is the destination of very many Sudanese tourists at the week ends to enjoy the moderate climate and beautiful scenes as well as visiting the sources of the Blue Nile in Lake Tana and the historic sites in the region.
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Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Receives Russian Ambassador
By SUNA
Khartoum - The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Rahmatallah Mohamed Osman last Thursday reviewed with the Russian Ambassador to Sudan, Envarbik M. Fazeliyanov, progress of the firm Sudanese - Russian relations and means of consolidating them further in all domains.
The meeting also exchanged views on the latest developments and the situation in the region.
Meanwhile, the meeting affirmed the importance of coordinating the stances of Sudan and Russia at the international forums, particularly between the Sudanese and Russian missions to the United Nations in New York.
By SUNA, 14 hours 12 minutes ago
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