Sudanese President opens UAE- Sudanese agricultural project

KHARTOUM, 21st January, 2016 (WAM) – Sudanese President, Omer Hassan Ahmed al-Beshir, has opened an agricultural project, a joint UAE-Sudanese venture. The UAE's Janan Investment Company owns 60 per cent of the project, while the Sudanese government owns 40 per cent. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Hamad Mohammed Humaid Al Junaibi, the UAE Ambassador to Sudan, Mohammed Rashid Al Otaiba, Board Chairman of Janan Investment Company, and the board members Ahmed Al Falasi and Mattar Al Ameri. The Sudanese president unveiled the commemorative plaque of the project, which is spread over an area of 130, 000 acres in the Northern State, Sudan. He toured the first phase of the project, which is 20, 000 acres. Al-Beshir expressed his admiration for the project and the rain irrigation technology introduced by the Janan Company in Sudan. He ordered facilitation of all obstacles facing the project, calling on officials in the agricultural and investment sector in Sudan to benefit from the UAE's experience in this respect. The Sudanese president was accompanied during the tour by a number of senior officials. http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395290562901.html