AL asks for urgent needs for the damages of floods in Sudan

The secretary general of the Arab League AL Amr Moussa has assigned officials at the AL to move swiftly and effectively to taking necessary measures to provide urgent medical and humanitarian aids to the victims of floods in the Sudanese city of Kasala.

A source in the Arab League said yesterday that the AL chief made contacts with the chairman of the executive bureau of the council of the Arab ministers of health, Muhammad Awad Taj Eddine, in order to give aid to the victims in Kasala, noting that it was decided to provide urgent support to the victims estimated at 50,000 dollars and to start making contacts with the Arab Health ministers to provide humanitarian, medical and technical aids to the Sudanese government to help it withstanding the negative effect of floods.

On the other hand, the AL chief called on Arab businessmen to take part effectively in the first Arab- American economic forum which will be held on September 28- 30 in Detroit, USA.

During his meeting yesterday in Cairo with several business people, Moussa underlined the importance of establishing healthy relations on the ground of joint relations between the Arab and American sides to contribute positively to serving Arab interests.

Moussa explained that the forum will be on three main pillars: the economic and investment opportunities; the role of women and youths and learning and telecommunications and technology.