KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan is waiting for moral support from Arab countries and welcomed any unconditional Arab financial support without interfering in its internal affairs, Sudanese Foreign Minister Asmaa Mohammed Abdullah said on Monday.
She said in an interview with Al Jazeera that removing the name of Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism will be the first tasks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, considering that this matter would open the door to an economic renaissance and new projects in Sudan.
On the possibility of establishing relations with Israel, the Sudanese Foreign Minister said that the current time does not allow the establishment of those relations because Sudan does not need new problems, as he described.
The Sudanese transitional government headed by Abdullah Hamdouk held its first meeting yesterday evening after taking the oath before the Chief Justice and the Council of Sovereignty.
The ministers were sworn in before the President of the Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah El-Burhan and Chief Justice-designate Abbas Ali Babiker.
The Minister of Finance Ibrahim al-Badawi announced the implementation of a 200-day rescue program to achieve five main axes, most notably macroeconomic stabilization, budget restructuring and financial effort.
Al-Badawi explained that this program aims to achieve social welfare and spending on education, health and development, revealing "emergency and regular measures to stabilize prices and provide means to reduce the cost of living and economic hardship."
The government of Abdullah Hamdouk includes 20 ministers, including four women, and will begin executive duties in the country for three years and three months, and the appointment of the ministers of infrastructure and livestock was postponed for further consultations.
Hamdouk has stressed that one of his government's priorities in the interim period is to stop the war and achieve sustainable peace.