(Reuters) - Peace in Ivory Coast will boost the economy of impoverished and landlocked neighbour Mali, restoring a key export route as the country tries to raise agricultural production, Mali's commerce minister said.
Ivory Coast's main port of Abidjan had been the gateway for cotton coming out of Mali, and for fuel coming in, until a 2002-2003 civil war split Ivory Coast in two, all but severing Mali's economic lifeline.
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