Kuwaiti- Sudanese parliamentary agreement to strengthen bilateral cooperation
Kuwait-Sudan, Politics, 1/18/2002

The Kuwaiti nation's council ( parliament) and the Sudanese national council have signed a memorandum of understanding stated in particular to urge the governments of the two states to push economic, technical and trade cooperation through investment in available areas and the exchange of experiences and expertise in issues of mutual concern.

The Kuwaiti News agency said that the memorandum was signed during a visit held by the chairman of the Sudanese national council Ahmad al-Taher to Kuwait. This is, however, the first visit carried out by a chairman for the Sudanese national council to Kuwait since its invasion of Iraq in 1990.

The memorandum which was co-signed by al-Taher and the chairman of the Kuwaiti nation's council Jasem al-Khurafi:" urged the two countries's governments to give a push forward to economic, technical and trade relations through investment in available areas in Sudan." It also stated that the two councils to work for " calling on accelerating the setting up of joint technical ministerial committee to draw the agreements, urge the private sector to carry out its due role in developing economic and trade relations and all areas of investment."

The agreement called on the Sudanese side to:" exert all efforts in order to release the Kuwaiti prisoners and detainees by Iraq," stressing the need of developing parliamentary cooperation through auditions and legislation and the importance of exchanging experiences and consultations in issues of mutual concern.

Worthy mentioning that relations between Kuwait and Sudan in the two last years witnessed improvement with the resumption of diplomatic relations between them after the tension took place during the Gulf crisis ( 1990- 1991), when Khartoum was accused of supporting Baghdad's position.

In September 2001, the two sides agreed to resume air flights after freezing them in 1990 following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Kuwait used to be one of the largest states which had large investments in Sudan prior the Gulf war.

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