BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

20/02/2007

Belarus set to boost relations with Sudan - Lukashenko

MINSK. Feb 20 (Interfax) - Belarus and Sudan possess "tremendous potential for bilateral economic cooperation, which has practically remained untapped," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.

A current visit by a Sudanese parliamentary delegation to Belarus will "give an impetus to the intensification of our relations," Lukashenko said at a meeting in Minsk with the delegation leader, lower house speaker Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir.

"Sudan occupies a certain place in our foreign policy and foreign economic strategy," Lukashenko said.

He expressed gratitude for an invitation from Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir for the Belarusian leader to visit Sudan.

"We are working very actively to organize this visit, and I think we will be able to meet in your capital very soon," Lukashenko told Tahir.

Source:

http://www.interfax.com/3/243186/news.aspx

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