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Ethiopia and Sudan concluded an agreement to establish free trade zones, Sudan’s State Finance Minister, Abdel-Rahman Dirar said.

Ethiopia and Sudan are working to establish free trade zone which will be beneficial for both, Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported.

An Ethiopian delegation led by Dagmawit Moges, Ethiopia's Minister of Transport, met and spoke with several senior government officials of Sudan on issues of port service and utilization in Sudan.

Ethiopian, Sudanese and Egyptian officials declared on Friday that they have "cleared the way" for the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile. The agreement has been reached after four days of deliberation started on January 28.

Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt foreign ministers will meet today in the US to finalize an agreement on the filling and operation of Ethiopia's dam on the Nile, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two-day meeting is expected to end tomorrow, January 29.