Field Marshal Omar Al-Bashir President of the Republic headed a meeting attended by First Vice-President of the Republic, President of the National Council of Ministers Grn. Bakri Hassan Salih brought together ministers of the Presidency, finance, transportation, roads, bridges and water resources and electricity, and the Governor of the Bank of Sudan, the meeting discussed the pricing stated policy of cotton, confirming the government out of prices and left to the market mechanism of its own substantial benefits to farmers.