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Egypt and Sudan to sign co-operation memo

Egypt State Information Service

Egypt and Sudan signed a memorandum on tourist, economic and agricultural development in the North Sudan province through providing necessary expertise by the Egyptian side.

The memorandum, signed Saturday 16/2/2008 by the Egyptian Businessmen Association for Tourism and the Sudanese Minister of Tourism for North Sudan province Othman Soliman Fadlallah, includes carrying out projects by the Egyptian side that promote development in the Sudanese province.

"Egyptian businessmen working in the tourism field are ready to help their Sudanese counterparts to develop tourism in their country, EBAT Chairman Amr Sedki said, voicing satisfaction over cooperation between the Egyptian and Sudanese peoples.

The memorandum was signed at the end of a four-day visit to Egypt by a Sudanese delegation that toured Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Aswan and Edfu.

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