Sudan, Turkey to set up 'strategic cooperation council', boost trade ties

World Sunday 24/December/2017 21:12 PM
By: Times News Service
Sudan, Turkey to set up 'strategic cooperation council', boost trade ties

Khartoum: Turkey and Sudan have agreed to set up a "strategic cooperation council" to strengthen economic ties, their presidents said at a news conference in Khartoum on Sunday after the first visit by a Turkish leader to the African nation.
The countries hope gradually to increase bilateral trade ties to $10 billion a year from the current $500 million, and signed 12 agreements on military, economic and agricultural cooperation.
Sudan's economy has been struggling since the south seceded in 2011, taking with it three-quarters of the country's oil output. In recent years, Turkey has boosted investments in Sudan.