Sudan and Algeria have agreed to cooperate in areas of oil, gas, training and scientific research, Sudan News Agency reported.

Minister of Oil and Gas, Dr Mohammed Zayed said during meeting his Algerian counterpart at the sideline of Al-Bashir-Boutaflika Summit that he forwarded a number of blocks in domains of oil, gas and development of fields, besides cooperation in areas of training and scientific research, studies, and laboratories.

The Minister said Algeria has experience in areas of oil and gas that enable the two countries to create partnerships for boosting bilateral cooperation.

The President of the Republic, Omar Bashir, has described his visit to Algeria as “successful, fruitful and achieved huge leap in pushing forwards economic cooperation” between the two states, according to AllAfrica.com.