{"id":54353,"date":"2025-09-16T00:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=54353"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:47:28","slug":"turkey-plans-to-boost-trade-establish-free-zones-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/turkey-plans-to-boost-trade-establish-free-zones-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Plans to Boost Trade, Establish Free Zones in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahasen Ali Yaqoub, underlined the depth of Sudanese-Turkish relations and expressed gratitude for Turkey\u2019s continued support to Sudan across all sectors.<\/p>\n<p>She called for greater joint investments and closer industrial and trade cooperation to create added value, noting Sudan\u2019s abundance of raw materials and investment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In a meeting with Turkish Ambassador Fatih Y\u0131ld\u0131z in Port Sudan on Monday, the minister discussed ways to strengthen economic ties, with particular emphasis on trade as a driver of economic partnership. She also pointed to Turkey\u2019s potential role in Sudan\u2019s post-war reconstruction, particularly in rebuilding the industrial sector.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Y\u0131ld\u0131z reaffirmed his country\u2019s desire to expand economic cooperation, expressing readiness to invest in manufacturing, small industries, and trade. He also emphasized Turkey\u2019s intention to increase bilateral trade, establish free zones, and reactivate the Sudan-Turkey Joint Business Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahasen Ali Yaqoub, underlined the depth of Sudanese-Turkish relations and expressed gratitude for Turkey\u2019s continued support to Sudan across all sectors. She called for greater joint investments and closer industrial and trade cooperation to create added value, noting Sudan\u2019s abundance of raw materials and investment opportunities. In a meeting with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54356,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54353\/revisions\/54356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}