OREANDA-NEWS. Belarus is set to implement joint projects with Sudan, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with Speaker of the National Assembly of Sudan Ibrahim Omer on 29 August.

According to the head of state, the level of the Belarusian-Sudanese interstate cooperation has recently improved. In the past six months Khartoum was visited by a number of Belarus’ high-level delegations. The two countries considered the cooperation in energy, oil and gas, natural resources and geology, agriculture, woodworking, light industry, construction and inter-banking cooperation.

«This was the stage of outlining joint projects and an extensive discussion of the ways to implement them. Today we need to start the implementation of the plans we outlined. Belarus is ready for the implementation of joint projects with Sudan in the abovementioned areas. We hope that your country has the same approach and that the Sudanese MPs will support these plans,» Alexander Lukashenko said.

According to the president, an eventful program has been prepared for the Sudanese delegation that also includes representatives of the government and the business community. The program includes meetings with the Belarusian officials and tours of the country’s major industrial, agricultural, scientific and production enterprises. «We hope that you will fully get familiar with the economic, industrial, scientific and cultural potential of our country. I am confident that your current visit to Minsk will open new prospects for the Belarusian-Sudanese cooperation,» said the Belarusian leader.