According to local media outlets, Egypt and Sudan will establish a railway line that will connect both countries following the signing of a joint agreement. The agreement is to be signed during an upcoming visit to Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to Sudan on Thursday, as per the Sudanese Minister of Transport and Urban Development Hatem El Ser. During his speech at the Council of Arab Transport Ministers held in Alexandria, the Minister stated that the aforementioned railway will linking both countries in a long railway line starting from Sidi Gaber station in Alexandria to Khartoum directly without interruption. He stressed that this step is the first important one in the cooperation between the two brotherly countries, wishing the Arab countries to follow the same approach. El Ser also noted that the railway transport project between Egypt and Sudan will be prepared in the next few days, pointing out that the Sudanese side will work during the coming period to renew its railway network to match the Egyptian one with the use of new trains. He also explained that China is the closest to financing the railway project between the…
