EU urges Sudan to step-up dialogue and peace processes

Assistant to the Sudanese President Dr Ibrahim Ghandour has received an EU delegation presided by Ambassador Alexander Rondos, EU Special Representative (EUSR) to the Horn of Africa, in Khartoum. Earlier, Ali Ahmed Karti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had received the visiting delegation and discussed the bilateral relations with the EU, according to the press statement the EU released today. In both meetings, the European diplomats were briefed about Sudan’s efforts to implement the processes of national dialogue and peace talks in Addis Ababa. The visiting diplomats are part of a larger delegation that attended the regional conference on human trafficking hosted by Sudan. Ambassador Rondos conveyed the EU’s welcome of Sudan’s efforts to combat human trafficking by hosting the conference, and stated that the EU is glad to sponsor the funding of the event, organised by the International Organisation on Migration (IOM). European-Sudanese dialogue At the end of the meeting, EU Ambassador Tomas Ulicny informed the press in Khartoum that “a big EU delegation with wide interests arrived in Khartoum and is engaged with the Sudanese counterparts in meetings on various issues of mutual concern.  “We discussed with all stakeholders the importance of a political European-Sudanese dialogue, and how to make our humanitarian and development cooperation more effective in Sudan.  “We called on Sudan to step up the national dialogue and reconciliation processes, strengthen the protection of human rights, and to achieve stability to build peace in the Horn of Africa”, Ambassador Ulicny said. File photo: Foreign Affairs Minister, Ali Karti (L), and Dr Ibrahim Ghandour (EU Delegation to Sudan)