Khartoum - Agencies
Sudanese President Field Marshal Omar al-Bashir issued a directive to overcome the obstacles facing Saudi investments in Sudan, stressing the excellence of economic relations between the two countries, and the Minister of the Supreme Investment Council presented to the President a report on the arrangements for the Saudi-Sudanese Investment Forum in Riyadh on January 23 and 24. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister of the Supreme Investment Council, said that during the meeting with President Omar al-Bashir yesterday, he presented a report on the ongoing arrangements for the forum and the projects that will be presented to the forum, indicating that there is a higher committee working with the concerned ministries to prepare for this forum.
The minister explained that the forum is one of the most important activities carried out by the National Investment Authority, pointing out that the president directed the importance of good preparation for the forum and coordination with the private sector and the Employers' Union, pointing out that the forum will contribute to further economic integration between Saudi markets and Sudanese products. Earlier, the minister acknowledged the existence of a set of difficulties facing investment in Sudan, the most important of which are bureaucracy, conflicting laws, levies and fees, port procedures, land certifications, and citizen-investor relations, and 43 points that need to be addressed with the Saudi side, and a committee was formed to address them.