KHARTOUM, 30 December 2002 — Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal arrived here yesterday promising to promote economic and political cooperation with Sudan.
“This visit will focus on the domain of cooperation in the political, economic and investment fields,” Prince Saud said after he was greeted at the airport by his Sudanese counterpart Mustafa Osman Ismail.
“Although Arab concerns are high in every Arab encounter, this visit will be wholly devoted to bilateral relations and means of development,” he said in his arrival statement. Prince Saud was also to meet Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and First Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the Sudanese foreign minister said.
Ismail made an undeclared visit to Saudi Arabia in early November with Interior Minister Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein after which he announced an agreement to cooperate in fighting drugs and crime.
During a visit here in September, Saudi investor Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal said he had decided to invest heavily in Sudan after agreeing to build a five-star hotel in Khartoum and clinching a deal to export livestock. (AFP)
