EU Commissioner for Crisis Management: Sudan should count on our support

Khartoum,  (SUNA)           The European Commissioner for Crisis Management and head of the European Union delegation currently in visit to Sudan, Janez Linnarcic, noted that the tripartite agreement signed today between the Sudanese Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and the European Union with an amount of 11.5 million euros comes within the large package of support to help Sudan combat the corona pandemic.

Mr. Janez pointed in press statements following his meeting today with Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk that this support is not limited to health aspects but also to other aspects, indicating that this agreement comes as part of a package amounting to 120 million euros from the European Commission.

He added: “I assured the Prime Minister of our support for Sudan in its reforms in the economic and social fields to achieve peace and development,”

He stressed: “Sudan can fully count on us and this support will be announced through the” Donors Conference for Sudan” which is to be hosted at the German capital Berlin tomorrow in cooperation with Germany and the European Union, the United Nations and Sudan.