Akhbar al-Youm: Sudan denies any al-Qaida sleeping cells in its lands

The Sudanese minister of the interior, Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hussein, denied the existence of any sleeping cells in Sudan for al-Qaida organization or any other of extremists organizations, noting that there is a security cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the terrorism- fighting area.

In a statement issued yesterday by the Sudanese daily " Akhbar al-Youm," the Sudanese minister explained that the Sudanese- Saudi Arabian cooperation in this regard includes cooperation and coordination as well as the exchange of information on the ground of considering that what is taking place in Saudi Arabia affects Sudan.

He indicated that there is security cooperation between the US and Sudan over issues relating to terrorism, noting that there are no differences between the two states on this and " we are cooperating with Washington in order to eliminate this epidemic which has become an international issue."