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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The pipeline that will take crude from the oilfields of South Sudan to the Kenyan port of Lamu has moved a step closer to reality. The government of South Sudan revealed that Toyota Tsusho will construct the pipeline. According to South Sudan’s Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, the decision came during the course of a meeting between Sudan’s president Salva Kiir and Toyota’s Chairperson, Junzo Shimizu, during Kiir’s visit to Japan.
“The President met and held talks with the Chairperson of the Japanese Toyota company and discussed number of issues. One of the things which were discussed was the construction of the alternative oil pipeline. The meeting was successful one. The chairperson of the Toyota Company had accepted to construct the alternative oil pipeline to the Lamu port,” Garang Diing Akuong told local media.
The price tag on the construction of the pipeline was not revealed.
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