The Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Yahia Abdalla, said that his ministry was committed to reducing the cost of phone calls and Internet and improve information service. Addressing the World Telecommunication Day Tuesday, the minister underscored importance of expansion and enhancing the rural networks, accomplishment of the Electronic Government project and improving the telecommunication policies.
He said that the Ministry was engaged in bridging digital gap and keeping pace with the information community and the Millennium development. At the festival, Mr Abdalla has launched an exhibition of communication infrastructures and electronic projects and the companies operating in Sudan.

The Minister of Industry Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz will inaugurate today Wednesday a number of production lines at GIAD Factory for the production of Swedish cables in Al-Bagair Area at the cost of four million dollars. Mr. Al-Jaz has assured the concern of the government with reactivation of the electric Industries sectors to achieve self-sufficiency in cables industry and to enter the stage of exportation, stating that the inauguration of these production lines comes within GIAD Company's plan for the year 2011.
The Sudan News Agency learned that the production line of Swedish cables is a partnership between GIAD Group and the Industrial Swedish Group in Egypt, with a capital of 20 million USD and employment of 261 workers.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that the Sudanese - Egyptian relations' file will witness a positive progress in the coming period to put into action to the decisions of the Joint Higher Committee and the previous understandings reached during the Foreign Minister's visit to Cairo recently.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khalid Musa, said that the Sudanese side was engaged in preparation for implementing joint projects and programs, adding the meetings of the specialized technical committee for implementation of the four freedoms would convene in Khartoum in May 26, as the Sudanese side in the joint Higher Committee, chaired by the Vice President of the Republic and including concerned ministers is also engaged in a series of meetings to follow up the enforcement of the directives concerning the decisions of higher committee. He indicated that the ministers of the economic sector are due to visit Cairo to meet their Egyptian counterparts toward completing the agreements.
On the other hand, Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to form a technical committee to study the issue of the Millennium Bridge in Ethiopia.
Musa said that this move represents a new trend in the cooperation between the three countries to address common concerns on the issue of Nile water and to prop up the ongoing coordination between the Ministers of Irrigation in the Sudan and Egypt.

The Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries Faisal Hassan Ibrahim, has assured importance of the animal resources and fisheries in expanding social peace and development of the pastoral communities and guaranteeing food security. This was affirmed by the minister through his meeting with the governor of South Darfur, Abdul-Hamid Musa Kasha, in the context of his tour to a number of animal resources' sites in the state within the strategy for achieving peace in Darfur. Mr. Faisal has underscored during his inspection to Alghazal Jawazat Station for Animal Research, the importance of research in the fields of animal resources, development of the animal sector and increasing the production, affirming the ministry's keenness to supply the research centers by laboratories and the diagnostic equipment.
The governor of South Darfur State, Abdul-Hamid Kasha, appreciated the role of the ministry, pledging to support the plans of the ministry for development of the animal resources and fisheries' sector to increase the exports and national income.

The Central Bank of Sudan will organize late today Wednesday , in collaboration with the Electronic Banking Services Company, a workshop on the electronic banking services at the premises of the Sudanese Banks' Union. The workshop aims to reactivate electronic banking services such as points of sale and payment of bills services as well as other services available through the automated teller machines (ATM).
The workshop is to be attended by senior banks' clients and leaderships of the banking system.