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TSC President visits Eritrea
President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, arrived Tuesday in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, on an official visit.
He was received at Asmara International Airport by President Isaias Afwerki and members of the Sudanese mission to the State of Eritrea.
An official reception ceremony was held for TSC President.
President of Transitional Sovereignty Council will hold talks with President Isaias Afwerki on ways to consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries and push them forward to achieve the aspirations of the two brotherly peoples, in addition to issues of joint interest.
TSC President is accompanied, during the visit, by Minister of Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser, and Director of the General Intelligence Service, General Ahmed Ibrahim Mufaddal.
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Sudan calls on international community to contribute to the reconstruction of the industrial sector
Sudan called on the international community to contribute to the reconstruction of industrial sector institutions destroyed by the rebel militia, which exceeded 3,600 industrial facilities in Khartoum and Al-Gezira states alone, in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). This came in the statement presented by the Sudan Permanent Representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna, Ambassador Magdi Ahmed Mufaddal, before the fifty-second session of the Industrial Development Board Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
The ambassador praised the extended partnership between Sudan and UNIDO and the organization's support for the country in capacity building, vocational training and implementing various projects funded by development partners in Japan, Italy, the European Union, Canada and others, stressing Sudan's aspiration to enhance the benefit from partnership and country programs to support industrial development.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Mufaddal called on UNIDO and its partners to support Sudan's efforts in assessing the vandalism to the industrial sector, industrial planning, agricultural processing, medium and small enterprises, building the capacities of the Ministry of Industry and its affiliated institutions, integrated industrial complexes, vocational training, upgrading the skills of youth and women, and access to markets, recalling in this regard Sudan's great potential in the fields of agriculture and animal resources and its potential to contribute to achieving food security in Africa and the Arab world. It is worth noting that the fifty-second session of the Industrial Development Council, in which the presidency of the Council was transferred from Sudan to Austria, will continue its work until tomorrow, Wednesday, November 27.
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TSC President meets UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces (SAF), General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, met on Tuesday with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, in the presence of Ambassador Omar Issa, Acting Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
Ambassador Omar Issa said, in a press statement, that the meeting was positive and fruitful, addressing the overall humanitarian situation and the efforts made to deliver humanitarian aid to those who deserve it, noting that the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs expressed his satisfaction with what the Sudanese government is providing and doing in facilitating the procedures for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the arrival of their technical teams to the areas they requested to visit.
MFA Acting Under-Secretary added that TSC President directed the competent authorities to cooperate with the United Nations and its various agencies in Sudan, expressing his complete satisfaction with the existing cooperation between the two parties.
Al-Burhan also urged the United Nations and its agencies to make more efforts to deliver relief to those in need.
Omar Issa indicated that the crossings and airports will be opened to facilitate the flow of aid and said, "There are some requests submitted by the UN mission and they will be studied by the Sudanese side," noting that some proposals are positive and will be responded to in the coming days.
For his part, Tom Fletcher expressed his thanks and appreciation for the efforts of the Sudanese government aimed at enhancing and advancing the domains of humanitarian action, providing assistance and delivering humanitarian aid, "My visit to Sudan came within the framework of standing on the field on the humanitarian conditions and the work of the technical teams affiliated with the mission on the ground and listening to their vision with the aim of taking the necessary arrangements to support the humanitarian fields."
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs said, "TSC President conveyed to him the government's assurances and keenness to work, cooperate and coordinate jointly with the United Nations to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to those who deserve it." Tom stressed the importance of partnership and cooperation between the two sides to reach those in need and deliver humanitarian aid to them, in addition to solving the challenges facing humanitarian action, stressing the keenness of the United Nations and doubling its efforts to ensure the access and flow of humanitarian aid to those in need.
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TSC President issues directives on allowing UN organizations operating in Sudan to deliver humanitarian aid
President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, gave directives to the relevant authorities in the state to allow UN organizations operating in delivering humanitarian aid to benefit from the airports of Kadugli city in South Kordofan State, Al-Obeid city in North Kordofan State, and Ad-Damazin city airport in Blue Nile State as humanitarian centers to accumulate relief supplies.
His Excellency also directed the possibility of the movement of UN agencies' employees with the convoys departing from the aforementioned areas and supervising the distribution of aid to those in need and returning to the starting point immediately upon completion.