Sudan, South Sudan resume trade activity

Following a 10-year hiatus, since the secession of South Sudan on July 9, 2011, the governments in Juba and Khartoum agreed to resume trade activity and cooperate on transport and security beginning in early October.
(L to R front row) Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo "Hemeti", deputy chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
(L to R front row) Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, deputy chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, council chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok attend a reception ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, on Oct. 8, 2020, upon the arrival of the government negotiating team from Juba where the government and rebel groups had earlier signed a landmark peace deal. - EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP via Getty Images
Baher al-Kady
Baher al-Kady
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CAIRO — As part of efforts to bolster peace between Sudan and South Sudan, the two governments last month signed a series of agreements on resuming trade and increasing cooperation in transportation and security.

The signing came during a three-day visit by Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to Juba on Aug. 21, during which he met with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and other officials. Hamdok led a delegation including the ministers of defense, trade, transportation and foreign affairs, in addition to a number of senior officials from Khartoum.

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