EgyptAir and Sudan Airways signed April 16 a memorandum of understanding to provide the Sudanese airline personnel aviation and hospitality training and to exchange the Egyptian expertise with the Sudanese side, to boost opportunities for trade exchange between the two countries.

On April 12, Sudanese Minister of Transport Mirghani Mousa and his Egyptian counterpart, Kamel al-Wazir, met in Khartoum. Wazir expressed his country’s readiness to meet all of the Sudanese demands to develop the transport sector and the port of Wadi Halfa. The discussion also focused on a number of projects, including the construction of a railway network between Egypt and Sudan and the promotion of trade exchange.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met April 6 with the head of Sudan's Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in Khartoum. Sisi stressed “Egypt’s ongoing support for the Sudanese government and people … so as to upgrade Egyptian-Sudanese relations to serve as a model for comprehensive developmental partnership and economic integration.” 

Burhan, for his part, stated, “Sudan is looking forward to implementing joint projects and to promote cooperation prospects between Egypt and Sudan at various levels, especially at the political, economic, security and military ones.”