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00:00:01which the human being suffers from. This
00:00:04call, we believe, is entirely consistent
00:00:06with the recovery process and the transitional justice
00:00:10process that is always part of the
00:00:14peace, stability, and recovery from war.
00:00:18This call is a sound call
00:00:22that we agree with. We are with this call for surrender, and we also
00:00:25call on all Sudanese citizens who are
00:00:28now part of this militia
00:00:32to hurry and surrender
00:00:35to save themselves and to
00:00:38reduce the losses, because in the end, these are the tears of Sudan's
00:00:44given that there is a lot youth. This battle and this war
00:00:46targeted Sudan and all Sudanese, yes,
00:00:50including
00:00:53aspect also supports the Sudanese
00:00:56put politics aside and focus agreements who are now working in the ranks of this militia. They are the target. The idea has reached General Al-Farik. Brigadier General
00:01:00Najmuddin, what does the assertion
00:01:03by the head of the Sovereignty
00:01:07Council mean that
00:01:10their existence. This anyone carrying weapons outside the state
00:01:14goods and trade in framework is unwelcome,
00:01:17and carrying weapons outside the state framework is an unwelcome
00:01:20matter? What are the implications
00:01:21of this assertion?
00:01:24Its implications are certainly that Sudan
00:01:30necessary to say how much, we are talking about the rise in the exchange has paid a very high price in this battle, the Battle of Dignity, and that is because
00:01:34of the weapons that are outside
00:01:37the state
00:01:39framework or outside the framework of the armed forces, specifically
00:01:42the framework of the armed forces. I believe
00:01:45that all the joint forces
00:01:49of the Sudanese economy and all the forces that are currently fighting in support of the armed
00:01:53forces, all the leaders
00:01:56and a defeated morale in are welcoming the integration of these forces into the armed
00:02:00forces so that the state has one strong
00:02:04This is a very important thing that people hand that protects Sudan's borders
00:02:06and is under a unified
00:02:09and the stability of the economic process in
00:02:10project. The Rapid Support Forces command supporting this that obeys this
00:02:12command. There will be command and control that
00:02:17and the speculation that is happening in can perform
00:02:20forged currencies that came into are used to implement its duty clearly
00:02:22that the conflict caused to everyone who is behind this in protecting Sudan's borders against any
00:02:25foreign state. I believe that there is also no
00:02:29room
00:02:32in prices, and there is a decrease in power that affects for opening other rebellions in Sudan, because
00:02:36Sudan has become very
00:02:38And in weak due to this rebellion that began in
00:02:411955 before Sudan's independence,
00:02:45the monitoring teams should be new and this rebellion is still splitting
00:02:48here and there, and movements here and there.
00:02:51Therefore, I believe that after the Battle
00:02:54of Dignity, Sudan must have one armed
00:02:58force. Strong, protecting
00:03:01Sudan's borders, preventing
00:03:04what happened to Sudan from before 1955
00:03:07until this day.
00:03:10So this is a
00:03:12take to limit strong message, and I believe the entire Sudanese people paid
00:03:15this very high price
00:03:19interventions are what in the Battle of Dignity, and all
00:03:21of that is due to these weapons that were outside
00:03:25the framework of the armed forces and outside the state framework. Okay,
00:03:28General, in your opinion, to what
00:03:31extent can this position,
00:03:34the position of carrying weapons
00:03:37due to the war. The Arab outside official frameworks, form a basis
00:03:41sesame also it the economic war. We have a war for post-war field, and in the economic arrangements regarding the confinement of weapons in the hands
00:03:45of the state? First of all, I would like
00:03:48to emphasize one thing that we are all
00:03:51this conspiracy and the ganging in the armed movements and the joint forces
00:03:54and all
00:03:58is worth such and such, and news circulates, the forces that we are integrating.
00:04:00And the implementation of the security arrangements file. The security
00:04:04arrangements, in their entirety, ultimately
00:04:07lead to the integration of all these forces
00:04:11into the three regular forces known as the armed
00:04:14forces, police forces, and security
00:04:17forces. This means that there is no room. We are entirely
00:04:21with this assertion.
00:04:23and what they bring We affirm that we are moving
00:04:25us from abroad to practice with a steady plan to integrate
00:04:27today's episode in all these forces within the armed forces. These
00:04:29parallel to what is happening in arrangements have made great progress. People are following many of
00:04:32the procedures that have been taken, and we
00:04:35contribute to are accelerating the plan to complete these procedures. From our point of view in the Sudanese Youth Movement for Change and Justice,
00:04:39production I believe curbing smuggling that we want to emerge
00:04:42from the war with one armed force,
00:04:46with police forces, with security forces, all capable
00:04:49and present everywhere in Sudan's corners to secure
00:04:53Sudan's borders
00:04:56I wrote a few days ago, and to secure the Sudanese people and maintain security
00:05:00and stability
00:05:04What can the state and work together to rebuild this
00:05:06and interference in Sudan and protect it from any external
00:05:09or internal threats. There is no room
00:05:13for any future rebellion. There is a lot
00:05:17of talk, but I affirm
00:05:19that these arrangements are proceeding
00:05:22steadily. All we
00:05:25hope is that we all proceed
00:05:29with the implementation of what was agreed upon in the security arrangements file,
00:05:32and this leads all these forces into the ranks
00:05:36of the armed forces according to the agreed
00:05:38standards and the requirements for working in the ranks of the armed
00:05:42forces. Now there are many who are now
00:05:45providing protection for this nation in its defense.
00:05:49Perhaps after the end of the war, there will be
00:05:52no need for the presence of all people in the ranks of the armed
00:05:55forces, and the criteria after that
00:05:58will determine that. However, the priority of integration and demobilization
00:06:02is fully agreed upon. These
00:06:07exist, and now, with the continuation of the battle,
00:06:10there is continuous hard work
00:06:14in the integration process. We reassure the Sudanese people and reassure the public
00:06:17now that these forces have no intention
00:06:20of maintaining
00:06:23existence,
00:06:25no party calls for it, and we all call
00:06:29for Sudan to be united in people
00:06:32and land, and to have one strong
00:06:36armed force capable of defending it
00:06:39and protecting its people and gains. Okay, Brigadier General Najmuddin,
00:06:43why is Al-Burhan emphasizing
00:06:46at this particular time the rejection
00:06:48of foreign agendas?
00:06:53I emphasize that because everything that has befallen
00:06:56Sudan is not from within Sudan, unfortunately.
00:07:00I mean, all
00:07:02the causes of this battle
00:07:05and the management of this battle,
00:07:09and the planning of this battle and the implementation
00:07:12of this battle are foreign. There are known
00:07:16countries
00:07:19project. They are the owners of this
00:07:22are not original to this project, nor is the United Arab Emirates
00:07:26original to this project. Rather, all of them
00:07:31this project, and it is known
00:07:35grand scheme that wants Sudan not
00:07:39to be a strong, united,
00:07:42economic
00:07:45the surrounding countries
00:07:48positively and has a deterrent
00:07:50force that prevents
00:07:54foreign interventions. That is why
00:07:58Sudan has remained a prisoner of these
00:08:00external interventions. Every time it gets out of one
00:08:03crisis, they throw it into another.
00:08:06Every time a war ends in
00:08:09one place, they ignite it in another.
00:08:13Therefore, everything that is happening to Sudan
00:08:16now is due to these external interventions, and this is what the President
00:08:20says, and what other politicians
00:08:23say, and what ordinary citizens
00:08:26who have nothing to do with politics say, that external
00:08:31affect Sudan in its security
00:08:35and economy
00:08:44to my guest, Brigadier General Khalid Al-Thalith. What is the practical
00:08:47meaning, General, of the crisis resolution being
00:08:50purely Sudanese? The meaning
00:08:54is that the Sudanese crisis, as
00:08:57your guest, Brigadier General Najmuddin,
00:09:00mentioned,
00:09:04up on Sudan is an external
00:09:07project, not an internal project. All the tools
00:09:11that are working are Sudanese tools, including politicians
00:09:14and political activists, and the Rapid Support Militia
00:09:17itself, and the forces that support
00:09:20it, and its political incubator.
00:09:23This project is a known project, and its mastermind
00:09:26is known. Therefore,
00:09:29they use various tools, militarily,
00:09:32the Rapid Support Militia, the mercenaries,
00:09:37this killing and so on in Sudan, and this is known. However,
00:09:41there are also a number of activists
00:09:45and politicians who are used by these
00:09:48external parties to market their project, and this project,
00:09:51if we notice, if we assume, I am
00:09:55talking about the recent era,
00:09:58after 2020, after the December
00:10:0018th glorious revolution, the external
00:10:04project brought by the Volker group
00:10:08was introduced. Okay, General, at this point, sorry for the interruption, but
00:10:11how can we distinguish between international support
00:10:15for the peace process Sudanese
00:10:19decision-making? Support should be
00:10:23limited
00:10:26to the necessary assistance to create the atmosphere
00:10:30and to help the Sudanese to address
00:10:34the issues. We have problems that have plagued
00:10:37all Sudanese throughout the national
00:10:40periods after independence.
00:10:43However, interference is an attempt to impose
00:10:47external guardianship and choices
00:10:50on the Sudanese people, and of course, this is completely rejected.
00:10:54We, as Sudanese and as political forces,
00:10:57and as the Sudanese people, are capable of addressing
00:11:00our issues. We are capable of dialoguing
00:11:03and framing Sudan's future in the way we want
00:11:07and the way the Sudanese people aspire to. However, we completely reject
00:11:11any external interference and the imposition of any
00:11:56Welcome back to Sudan tonight. With the continuation of field developments
00:12:00in the theaters of operations, the economic front comes
00:12:04to the forefront of the scene, as it is one of the most prominent challenges
00:12:07facing the state and the citizen alike. Minister of Finance,
00:12:11Dr. Jibreel Ibrahim, affirms the ability
00:12:14to withstand despite the repercussions of the war
00:12:18and increasing pressures, referring to what he described as an economic
00:12:21war and speculation in the currency market
00:12:25aimed at weakening the state at a time when the war
00:12:28imposes heavy burdens on production, markets, and services.
00:12:31These statements come at a very sensitive stage,
00:12:34as the Sudanese economy has been subjected
00:12:37to widespread disruptions in production, trade,
00:12:41and supply chains since the outbreak of the war, while
00:12:44World Bank data indicates
00:12:47a sharp contraction in output and damaged productive
00:12:51infrastructure, trade, and services. So, will economic pressures turn into a new
00:12:55front in the war, and to what extent can the state absorb
00:12:58its repercussions? And how can the currency,
00:13:02markets, and production be protected from speculation
00:13:05and disruptions? And most importantly,
00:13:08how can the country move from an economy of resilience
00:13:32Tariq, when the Minister of Finance
00:13:36speaks of an economic war,
00:13:39what exactly is meant by this war, and what
00:13:43are its tools?
00:13:45The intended meaning is the media war waged by this militia after
00:13:49its failure and defeat by the brave
00:13:52armed forces and supporting forces.
00:13:56They resorted to another war, which is
00:13:59the economic war. I call
00:14:03in the military field. Recently,
00:14:07the rooms run from outside Sudan
00:14:10have focused on spreading rumors about the exchange rate
00:14:14and the deterioration of the pound, and then they write about future prices,
00:14:18meaning things that don't happen. They say the pound today
00:14:23and then they went to goods. They say there are crises
00:14:26in the markets. So they create an atmosphere of pessimism
00:14:30and an atmosphere of frustration, programmed things from known
00:14:34rooms. And what the Minister of Finance meant
00:14:37is the media war that tries to disrupt the economy
00:14:41and shake the existing Sudanese
00:14:43capabilities. So, Mr. Tariq, to what
00:14:47extent can the currency, money market, and commodity markets
00:14:51also become battlegrounds the military
00:14:55field?
00:14:57Yes, of course, the economy is important because it concerns people's
00:15:01lives. The economy concerns people's lives. It feeds
00:15:04them from hunger and secures them from fear. Food is very important.
00:15:08Everyone seeks security, seeks food, and seeks
00:15:11food and drink. These are the necessities of life and an important
00:15:15thing, and we stand in solidarity with the suffering of the citizen,
00:15:18and we in Hawas magazine always, I mean, today there are
00:15:21many meetings discussing how life can
00:15:25alleviate difficulties for the citizen.
00:15:29do? We are with the citizen, but at the same
00:15:32time, we will not accept, as a party supporting the armed
00:15:36forces and standing with the national Sudan,
00:15:39we do not accept, and we know as media analysts,
00:15:43we know that these are things that are well-studied and planned from outside
00:15:47Sudan to shake the Sudanese economy and cause
00:15:50confusion. I mean, some people go and take pictures and say that shops are closed.
00:15:54I was in the markets, and it is true that there were increases in prices and so on,
00:15:57but there are no closed markets and there
00:16:01are no signs of protests. People
00:16:05are patient with what is happening, considering it
00:16:09part of the price of the Battle of Dignity. The Sudanese citizen has always stood with the army,
00:16:12and in our last meeting with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
00:16:16the head of the Sovereignty Council, General Abdel Fattah
00:16:19Al-Burhan, he spoke highly of the Sudanese citizen
00:16:23and said that he was in the first line in the Battle of Dignity, standing with the armed forces
00:16:26and supporting them. So I believe that these recent campaigns
00:16:30targeting the economy will not achieve their goals and will
00:16:33fail very quickly. And now,
00:16:36the exchange rate has started to fall a lot, and there is
00:16:40a continuous fall, because there are also some speculators who entered the markets,
00:16:44I mean, greed and covetousness pushed them to trade
00:16:47in the people's food and trade in consumer
00:16:51dollars. I mean, they tried to speculate in the markets, but thank
00:16:55God, God will help Sudan and help the Sudanese
00:16:58citizen. Okay, Mr. Tariq,
00:17:01are the recent increasing pressures,
00:17:05rate in the past two days,
00:17:08related to the military
00:17:10developments, or is the matter a natural extension
00:17:14of the repercussions of this war? This is
00:17:18a clever observation from you. I can consider that it is related to
00:17:22the armed forces achieving very great victories now in Kordofan
00:17:25and advancing to Darfur. It is clear that there is a very
00:17:28elaborate plan in the midst of surrender and collapse
00:17:34the militia and surrenders
00:17:37and a very severe panic that has reached the militia. So it is clear that these
00:17:40economic campaigns are directed at highlighting
00:17:44or diverting attention from the military victories that have been achieved.
00:17:48These are the people with livelihood concerns and so on,
00:17:51and the increases that are happening,
00:17:54the dollar, especially since there are some
00:17:58the markets to buy dollars with them and increase the dollar and so on.
00:18:01But all these prices were not real, they were inflated. I mean, there was
00:18:05inflation in prices. Today there is a decrease
00:18:10the increase in the value of the pound, and it will continue, God willing,
00:18:14in the coming days. Our monitoring of the market makes it clear
00:18:17that there will be a great breakthrough in the economic
00:18:20situation. Okay, okay, what is the difference between economic
00:18:24pressures resulting from the war
00:18:27and speculation that can exacerbate
00:18:31the crisis? Well, we change it based on demand. What do
00:18:35you really demand this dollar for? These foreign currencies are demanded
00:18:38in cases of importing goods. I mean, you need to import
00:18:42fuel at a certain value for importing fuel,
00:18:45consumer goods such as flour and other things that come from outside.
00:18:47So the decline
00:18:49in the value of the pound has no, if we compare
00:18:52it to the volume of demand for foreign currency,
00:18:56we find that it is inflated beyond measure. So we immediately
00:19:00know that there is speculation. I agree with you
00:19:03that the war has created a difficult economic reality,
00:19:08and that the measurement of exports, we now have many Sudanese
00:19:12exports that have left the global market
00:19:15dye in
00:19:18decreased in value. Many agricultural exports
00:19:21came out of the war. Now, the only
00:19:25strong export is gold exports, and it is also
00:19:28facing a lot of smuggling. I mean, gold exports have
00:19:32a lot of smuggling. But the indicators after
00:19:36the increases, I mean, the dollar in one day,
00:19:39or in 24 hours, drops to these
00:19:42numbers. This is something that
00:19:45is clearly orchestrated and planned.
00:19:48So, Mr. Tariq, in your opinion, what are the available
00:19:52tools for the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Sudan
00:19:56to limit the disturbances in the currency
00:19:58market?
00:20:01First of all, providing
00:20:04currency for basic exports, for example,
00:20:09fuel exports and wheat exports and so on.
00:20:11I also call for a strategic commodity portfolio. There were two portfolios,
00:20:15first and second. Now people can think about a new portfolio,
00:20:19a portfolio for strategic commodities with a new plan
00:20:23to provide it. Sudan can also look for deposits to strengthen
00:20:26the foreign currency sources within the central bank.
00:20:30There should be existing deposits and the activation
00:20:33of markets. I mean, the markets themselves should be monitored.
00:20:36The existing markets for weapons and so on. It is true
00:20:39that there is price liberalization, but I also noticed some greed
00:20:43from some traders. I don't mean all of them. I was visiting,
00:20:47I am now in Khartoum. I go and buy something and the next day
00:20:51it's a completely different price, the same goods on the shelf. A few days ago,
00:20:54I had a conversation with a grocer. I asked him, "Why
00:20:58did you increase the price by a dollar for the same goods?" He said, "But I haven't bought from the market
00:21:01yet." He was embarrassed and
00:21:05then told me, "Okay, I'll give you the same price as yesterday." It's clear that there is greed among traders,
00:21:09and these speculations, then also the security campaigns these days are important.
00:21:13People should try to activate them, find these speculators,
00:21:17and expose them. I mean,
00:21:21speculation in these markets must be, it is true that
00:21:24the security solution is not the sufficient and only
00:21:27solution that can solve the problem, but it is also now
00:21:31part of the solutions,
00:21:34of speculation in the foreign currency markets,
00:21:37it must stop. There are many indicators, but God willing, the media
00:21:43this attention. People must, these days,
00:21:46on the economy and confront these campaigns with such information.
00:21:54I say that two days ago, in Hawas, we published that dollar prices
00:21:58were such and such, and then they dropped. We do not publish campaigns
00:22:02with lies, but with truth. Our national media is
00:22:05professional. I salute all
00:22:08Sudanese journalists and Sudanese satellite channels
00:22:12and so on. It is professional media. However, the malicious
00:22:16foreign media is confronting organized campaigns. The Sudanese economy is media that
00:22:27all these are ideas that can have roots and
00:22:30can contribute. Then the presence of committees is also
00:22:33important, that there should be economic emergency rooms continuously
00:22:37monitoring what is happening in the market and other things from the Central
00:22:40Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Council of Ministers, the relevant
00:22:44ministries, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and all
00:22:47responsible parties. And the export of gold, I also
00:22:50take it.
00:22:54should fight smuggling. Gold smuggling
00:22:57is very high. And also, government companies have a
00:23:01role in, well, what is the way to combat gold
00:23:03smuggling, Mr. Tariq? Well,
00:23:07gold smuggling, first of all, monitoring the ports, then using
00:23:10drones to monitor the gold
00:23:14ports, and activating
00:23:17security control over the sources of these companies themselves,
00:23:21I mean, the miners, the gold shops. There should be strong
00:23:24security activation, and all these export
00:23:27ports should have very high monitoring, and the teams themselves
00:23:31that are working should be changed. I mean,
00:23:35teams every time. I mean, in customs and elsewhere, there should be new teams
00:23:38for monitoring. Security monitoring is very important
00:23:41for preventing smuggling. It is true that you cannot
00:23:44combat smuggling by 100%, but you can reach a reasonable
00:23:48percentage if you follow modern monitoring methods. So, Mr.
00:23:52Tariq, these are security measures to combat
00:23:55gold smuggling. What are the economic measures
00:23:58that the state should
00:24:02this smuggling?
00:24:04Well, there are many measures. Gold is now a very important
00:24:08source. I mean, the Bank of Sudan can be the only one that buys gold.
00:24:12I mean, they can go back to the origin. If people are forced, let the state
00:24:16be the only one to buy gold at a rewarding price. Let it be
00:24:19reserves in the central bank to increase the strength of the Sudanese
00:24:22pound. This is put forward strongly. Okay, this
00:24:26is a solution that is put forward strongly. So, Mr. Tariq,
00:24:30what drives these smugglers
00:24:33to sell gold outside Sudan,
00:24:36for example? Well, sometimes there are economic benefits,
00:24:39and sometimes there are benefits that are also
00:24:42against the state. There is also an important point I mentioned about the companies
00:24:46working with foreign contracts. These are indeed contracts,
00:24:50but the state's share is usually very small. I mean, it is common
00:24:53knowledge that there are many companies that have contracted.
00:24:56The contracts were made years ago, and they need
00:25:00to be reviewed. I mean, these are indeed legal and valid contracts,
00:25:04but the state's share of gold is usually very small.
00:25:07So it requires reviewing the large gold
00:25:11companies. Now, the gold produced in Sudan is very large,
00:25:14but the state's share is usually very small.
00:25:17I mean, Mr. Tariq, to what extent
00:25:21can the establishment of a gold exchange in Sudan
00:25:27and controlling
00:25:29and benefiting from the revenues of this precious
00:25:32metal? Well, to some extent, it can contribute,
00:25:36but as I told you, some people are already hostile to this country.
00:25:39They don't want the economy to recover.
00:25:42I mean, some even get upset.
00:25:46in my Facebook feed and so on, when we said the pound recovered
00:25:50and that there were some gains against the dollar and so on,
00:25:53some people were upset. I mean, it is clear that
00:25:57some people have bad intentions towards the country and the nation.
00:26:00They don't want the Sudanese economy to recover at all.
00:26:03Okay, I think there is a pressing
00:26:07and important question, which is how
00:26:09can effective coordination be achieved between fiscal
00:26:13policy and monetary
00:26:15policy?
00:26:18This is, of course, a very difficult thing. I mean,
00:26:22for years, the central bank has always been in conflict
00:26:25between fiscal policy and monetary policy, because the central bank's
00:26:29policy always tends towards contraction,
00:26:32and fiscal policy tends towards expansion,
00:26:36and printing money and so on. So there is always a tug-of-war between
00:26:39the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. In circumstances like war,
00:26:43the Central Bank must indeed print money to cover
00:26:46salaries and the salaries of regular forces. It has many
00:26:50tasks. However, people
00:26:52must reach a kind of
00:26:56consensus. I mean, even a complete consensus is difficult
00:27:00between monetary policy and fiscal policy and the Central
00:27:04Bank, the Ministry of Finance. But there must be an emergency room that includes all
00:27:07ministries, not just the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, but all these
00:27:10economic ministries. There must be an economic team working
00:27:14in a fully homogeneous manner, and its main concern
00:27:17now, especially during this period, is that we are now facing a great
00:27:21challenge. The price of the Sudanese pound must be stabilized.
00:27:24I mean, everyone is talking. The instability in prices is a problem,
00:27:28by the way. So we must stabilize the price. I mean, it is not
00:27:33but at least there should be a fixed price. I mean, it should
00:27:37be determined, because if we ask the question, who determines the price of the dollar
00:27:40in the market now? I mean, we cannot say the Central Bank, because
00:27:44speculators contribute a large part to determining it. I mean,
00:27:48then they will work on them. So we must
00:27:51take the initiative at the Central
00:27:53Bank. Okay, Mr. Tariq, regarding
00:27:57the issue of production, in your opinion, what are
00:27:59the sectors that
00:28:02should primarily have priority
00:28:05to restore the health
00:28:09of the Sudanese pound
00:28:12the country? Now, at this particular
00:28:15time, we are required to pay attention. This is something
00:28:19that gives you very quick solutions. This is a very quick
00:28:22solution: gold, gold, gold, then gold.
00:28:25So we must activate the issue of gold. We should try to stop the approximation
00:28:29that is difficult. We should increase production. We should look at
00:28:32traditional miners and companies. The gold file
00:28:35needs very quick and urgent intervention.
00:28:40the near future, meaning
00:28:43in the coming months, a plan for strategic commodities should be prepared. Unfortunately, we have now
00:28:47lost our sesame sources. We were among the primary
00:28:51sesame exporting countries.
00:28:54It was very large. Now, because of
00:28:57the added value offered
00:28:59here and the fees,
00:29:04then the effects of the war and
00:29:07so on. Peanuts also exited. We had many crops that exited. But we
00:29:11have a plan to look at agricultural products like peanuts,
00:29:15sesame, and gum to re-manufacture them and add value
00:29:19to them. Meaning, instead of direct
00:29:21export, we should think about agricultural manufacturing itself, add value
00:29:25to agricultural manufacturing, and restore Sudanese cash
00:29:28exports to
00:29:31their former glory and develop them. We will approach the world in a different way
00:29:34than exporting them as raw materials. We will export them as
00:29:38added value. Also, livestock is also active.
00:29:41I see a plan for the Ministry of Livestock
00:29:44for the establishment of slaughterhouses and so on. We
00:29:47also add value
00:29:50to livestock exports. I think these two sectors can play
00:29:54a significant role in the future. I also believe that gold
00:29:57itself can be the main محور. There are very important
00:30:01main axes, such as many minerals that can be
00:30:04discovered, and we can activate them, and people can seek
00:30:07partnerships with very large countries
00:30:11that can come and contribute with us in discovering these minerals
00:30:14and developing
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