Sudan, Qatar ink $4 billion deal to develop Suakin seaport

Sudan, Qatar ink $4 billion deal to develop Suakin seaport

Sudan and Qatar on Monday signed a $4-billion agreement to develop the former Ottoman port city of Suakin in northeastern Sudan.

“The agreement was signed in line with instructions of the leadership in both countries on the necessity to boost joint cooperation in the fields of transport and communications,” Sudanese Transport Minister Makkawi Awad told reporters.

“We seek to establish twinship between the ports of Suakin and Hamad” in Qatar, he said.

The cost of the project’s first phase amounts to $500 million and will be completed by 2020.

On Sunday, Sudan unveiled the agreement to develop the Red Sea port, following talks with Qatari Minister of Transport Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti in Khartoum.

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