TSC President witnesses signing of agreements in solar energy, mining and transmission lines fields

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President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, witnessed on Wednesday in Beijing, on the sidelines of his participation in the China-Africa Forum, the signing of agreements in the fields of solar energy, mining and transmission lines. This was in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Oil, Eng. Mohi- Eddin Naeem Mohamed Saeed, Sudan's Ambassador to Beijing, Omar Siddig, and the Director General of the Defense Industries System, General Mirghani Idris.
The Chief Exective Officer (CEO) of the Energy and Mining Group, Anas Ahmed Al-Badawi, said that a number of memoranda of understanding and contracts were signed with Chinese companies, pointing out that this action came within the framework of bridging the gap in the energy field, adding that there is a trend towards clean energy and solar energy.
Engineer Al-Badawi explained that those contracts would contribute to the production of 1,500 megawatts of solar energy, in addition to pursuance to use electrical equipment that operates on solar energy to reduce electricity consumption. He said that agreements were also signed with electricity companies in China to repair transmission lines and provide the required equipment and transformers to facilitate the transfer of electricity from generation areas to consumption areas. Engineer Al-Badawi said that memoranda of understanding were also signed in the field of mining to extract precious minerals through strategic partnerships with Chinese institutions, focusing on iron ore, given that Sudan is rich in this metal. For his part, the Chairman of the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), Wang Tongzhou explained that these agreements with Sudan enhance the principle of strategic partnership between China and Sudan, revealing that the value of these agreements amounts to $30 million, hoping that these agreements will be a good omen for the Sudanese economy, referring to the solid diplomatic relations between Beijing and Khartoum.
TSC had held fruitful and successful meetings with managers of a number of Chinese companies operating in the fields of oil, solar energy and electricity, which resulted in the signing of these agreements.