Sudan urges donor countries to meet pledges

Oct 28, 2006 (JUBA) — Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol has asked donor countries to live up to their commitments and support Sudan’s peace process.

The Foreign Minister said the government was at present working towards rehabilitation, reconstruction and development programmes in southern Sudan.

Lam Akol said Sudan is striving to attract foreign investment so that it can help in the reconstruction and development programmes in southern Sudan.

In a press statement at Juba airport yesterday before returning to Khartoum, Akol urged donor countries to fulfil their pledges made at the Oslo Donors’ Conference on Sudan.

He stressed that Sudan’s foreign policy was based on the development of good neighbourly relations and international ties, the commitment to international pacts, the war on terrorism and the respect of human rights.

(ST)