The third batch of wheat delivered to the Republic of Sudan by the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, amounting to 200 thousand tons, is intended to meet the needs of the Sudanese people of this strategic commodity.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia announced in April 2019 their commitment to provide 540 thousand tons of wheat to support the food security of Sudan, where the first and second batches were delivered during the month of August and included quantities supplied 140 thousand tons of wheat.
Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), said that the food support provided to the Sudanese people comes under the generous guidance of the leaderships of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, out of their keenness to ensure the provision of food needs of the Sudanese people. The aid package comes within the framework of brotherly ties that bring the Sudanese people to the UAE and Saudi peoples.
He added that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are committed to supply 540 thousand tons of wheat to the Sudanese people, pointing out that the quantities supplied yesterday, amounting to 200 thousand tons, will cover the needs of Sudan of this commodity for more than three months, and that will contribute to achieving stability Economic development that the Sudanese government is currently seeking.
It is worth mentioning that the quantities of wheat supplied to Sudan come as part of the aid package approved by Saudi Arabia and the UAE in April 2019, amounting to $ 3 billion, to support the economic and financial stability of Sudan, where $ 500 million was deposited from both countries as a deposit in the bank. Central Bank of Sudan, in order to strengthen its financial position. The rest will also be spent to meet the urgent needs of the Sudanese people for food, medicine, oil products and the needs of the agricultural season.
This comes at a time when French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced yesterday, efforts by his country and a number of European countries to remove the name of Sudan from the "list of terrorism."
"We are working with our European partners to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism," he said at a news conference with his Sudanese counterpart Asma Abdullah in Khartoum.
The French Foreign Minister pointed out that there is a "new phase in the history of Sudan," stressing that his country supports and supports Khartoum in the next stage.
He noted that he met with a number of Sudanese officials and discussed economic challenges and ways to help solve them.
Earlier yesterday, Jean-Yves Laudrian arrived in Sudan on the first visit of its kind to a French foreign minister in more than 10 years. The one-day visit comes as the Arab-African country is in transition to civilian rule.