Sisi, Bashir urge finalizing railway linkage between Egypt, Sudan – minister
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Sudanese
counterpart Omar Bashir gave directives for finalizing a railway linkage
project between Egypt and Sudan, said Transport Minister Hisham Arafat.
Egypt and Sudan are to start working on a new 630 km
railway line as soon as feasibility and environmental impact studies conclude,
he said.
Both Sisi and Bashir attach importance not only to
achieving a railway linkage between the two nations but also among other
African countries, especially after Egypt took over the presidency of the
African Union, he told Extra News channel.
Arafat said he discussed with his Sudanese
counterpart deepening bilateral cooperation, especially in the transport
sector.
The two sides discussed the possibility of
transporting Sudan's exports to Egypt by river then by railway lines and vice
versa.
