Ethiopia and Sudan to launch land transportation service
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By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
March 9, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) - A new public land transportation service
between Ethiopia and Sudan is to start this week, Ethiopia’s transport
authority announced.
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The cross border highway stretching from Addis Ababa to Khartoum will
be open for traffic on Sunday and will provide service in accordance
to reached agreements on standards of vehicles, tariffs and
immigration rules of the two countries.
The new public bus transportation between the two capital cities comes
to operation after the completion of a trans-border highway project
which took about 8 years to construct it.
The transport service is said to further strengthen bilateral ties of
the neighbours and enhance, trade, investment, tourism and social ties
between people in two nations.
It is also believed to facilitate cooperation between communities
residing along the common border.
Landlocked Ethiopia has three trans-border highways linking it with
Sudan which the horn of Africa’s nation mainly uses it to export its
products and import Sudan’s fuel.
However, as per the tarriff set, a passenger must pay 60 US dollars to
travel from Addis Ababa to Khartoum, a route that takes two-days by
road.
A passenger is expected to process a valid passport and visa before leaving.
As well as Sudan, Ethiopia has been constructing a number of
trans-boundary highways to link its borders with neighboring nations,
including Kenya and South Sudan.
Last month Ethiopia and South Sudan signed agreements to build cross
border roads linking both countries in a bid to boost import and
export volume of both countries. The agreement also enables Ethiopia
to import fuel from Sudan at relatively cheaper prices.
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