Vice-President of the Republic, Dr Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir received  in the Republican Palace Wednesday  the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sudan, Shiferaw Jarso.

The Ethiopian Ambassador  said in a  press statement  that the meeting sought  ways of cementing  economic  ties  for boosting economic integration  between the two countries, disclosing that the meeting discussed  reactivation  of work of the  Joint High Economic Committee which launched work two years ago.

The Ethiopian Ambassador  added  that it has been  agreed  to use  resources  of the two countries  for  serving  economic cooperation  between them and using  the long  joint borderlines  to increase  volume of exchange of trade.

 Ambassador Shiferaw stated that existence of  large numbers of Ethiopian workers  in Sudan  and growing numbers of  Sudanese investors in Ethiopia  is one of factors  that boost  economic cooperation between the two countries.