From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Tue Mar 09 2010 - 08:00:09 EST
Mowasalat buses for Eritrea capital
08/03/2010
Mowasalat yesterday signed an agreement with Eritrea in order to supply
Karwa buses for transportation in the Eritrean capital of Asmara.
The Eastern African country’s ambassador to Qatar Ali Ibrahim Ahmed
exchanged documents with
Mowasalat chairman Jassim Saif al-Sulaiti to seal the agreement at a meeting
held at Mowasalat headquarters.
The agreement to supply buses to transport corporation of another country is
the first of its kind to be made by Mowasalat, Jassim al-Sulaiti said.
The Mowasalat official said, as per the agreement, the Qatar’s transport
company will deliver 40 buses to
Eritrea in early 2011. The buses will be utilised for public transportation
in Asmara. Along with public transport buses, some luxury coaches will also
be supplied to Eritrea, he added.
Mowasalt will also provide training to staff of the Eritrean transport
corporation.
Besides al-Sulaiti, senior Mowasalat officials, including financial director
Waleed Raslan al-Abdullah, executive director Ahmed Busherbak al-Mansouri,
administration manager Ali Abdullah Behzad and marketing manager (fleet)
Nasser al-Khanji, were also present.
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