Al-Subat: Steps taken for resumption of trade between Sudan and South Sudan

Head of the  Sudanese Businessmen and Employers Federation, Hashim Al-Subat has affirmed the importance of promoting economic and investment cooperation, facilitating flow of goods and increasing volume of  trade  exchange between  Sudan and  South Sudan. This came when Al-Subat  received today in his office South Sudan Ambassador to Khartoum in  the presence of alternative  Secretary General  and the General Director of  the Federation, Mohamed Ahmed Al-Zain and  Abu-Bakr Mohamed Noor respectively. Al-Subat stressed keenness of the Sudanese private sector to resume trade with South Sudan due to strategic relations between the two countries. The South Sudanese diplomat, on his part,  pointed to  the  importance of  utilizing the popular diplomacy in strengthening   relations between  the two countries saying  the Sudan private sector  could benefit from the high  demand  in  South Sudan markets   for  the Sudanese  goods and commodities. AA/ab