Syria and Lebanon to buy Sudanese meat

The Sudanese minister of livestock minister Abdullah Muhammad Sayed Ahmad has announced the consent of both Syria and Lebanon to import the Sudanese meat after they leant about the assurances on health and quarantine measures pursued in Sudan.

In a statement to the Sudanese daily al-Anbaa issued on Friday the Sudanese minister added that his ministry is seeking in its 2001 plan to open new markets also in the countries of West Africa.

He added that Sudan's exports of livestock were little in 2000 because of the unrest in the Arab market especially in the Saudi market after the appearance of " the cracked valley fever " disease ( in Saudi Arabia).