Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 2/15/1999
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of February 15, 1999
- Morocco and Sudan to convene joint commission meeting next week
Morocco and Sudan will convene the 4th session of their joint commission this February 20-23 in Khartoum. Morocco-Sudan, Politics, 2/19/1999 - AL chief confers with Sudanese President
Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid has said he seeks to purify the atmosphere of inter-Arab relations. He added that he explained with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during their meeting in al-Khartoum on Thursday the supportive Arab role to establishing peace in southern Sudan. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 2/19/1999 - El-Mahdi criticizes El-Turabi's statements regarding Egyptian relations
Former Sudanese Prime Minister El-Sadek El-Mahdi, chief of the Sudanese opposition Ummah Party, stated that the perception by some Sudanese politicians like Parliament Speaker Hassan El-Turabi of Sudanese - Egyptian relations is "narrow." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 2/18/1999 - Sudan to begin pumping petroleum at the end of June Sudan, Business, 2/15/1999