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WORLD / Africa
Sudan hopes Ban's visit enhance its relations with UN
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-01 04:36
KHARTOUM -- The Sudanese government hoped on Friday that an upcoming
visit of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Sudan would enhance the
relations between the African country and the world organization.
"We expect that the visit will open a new page to start a constructive
cooperation between Sudan and the United Nations," said Sirajaddin Hamid,
Director of the Department of Peace and Humanitarian Affairs at the
Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The UN chief is due to begin a 5-day official visit to Sudan next Monday
during which he will hold talks with President Omer al- Bashir and some
other senior Sudanese officials.
Ban Ki-moon will also pay visit to southern Sudan and the western
Sudanese region of Darfur to get acquainted with the situations there.
In an interview with the SUNA news agency, Hamid described Ban' s visit
as historic, saying that during the visit, the two sides would sketch new
agenda for their prospective relations.
He explained that the UN chief would discuss a number of issues with the
Sudanese officials, including the implementation of the Comprehensive
Peace Agreement (CPA) in southern Sudan, the progress so far been
achieved in conducting the hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, as
well as UN's in the realization of development in Darfur.
Resolution 1769 adopted by the UN Security Council before one month
approving the hybrid operation of the UN and the African Union "poses a
new chapter of cooperation between Sudan and the UN, " the Sudanese
official said.
"The relations between Sudan and the UN currently undergo a sort of an
interim period transferring from distrust to confidence, especially
during the tenure of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon," Hamid added.
He noted that Sudan was looking for opening a new chapter in its
relations with the UN based on mutual respect and respecting the
sovereignty, unity and integrity of Sudan.
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