Khartoum - SUNA
President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir emphasized that Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed between Sudan and Turkey covers all aspects of cooperation and places huge responsibility on officials in the two countries.
The President indicated during meeting at Guest House with Turkish delegation led by Turkish Minister of Agriculture , Bekir Pakdemirli that cooperation between Sudan and Turkey serves interest of the two nations.
He said that Sudan with its tremendous resources is in need of Turkish expertise and technologies , referring to importance of investment in areas of agriculture, oil and mining.
Minister of Agriculture of Turkey, for his part, said in a press statement that Sudan and Turkey signed a $100 million-agreement for investment in oil in addition to other agreements in fields of agriculture and animal resources and agreement on facilitation of bank transfers to increase volume of exchange of trade which stands at $481 million.
He affirmed that the meeting discussed all issues pertinent to cooperation between the two countries and issues of common interest within framework of the last visit of President of Turkey to Sudan, pointing out that all outstanding issues in this connection have been overcome.