Iran, Sudan agree to enhance defense cooperation

Jan 17, 2007 (TEHRAN) — Iran and Sudan on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding for expansion of mutual defence cooperation.

Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar and his Sudanese counterpart Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed the agreement based on the common will of senior Iranian and Sudanese political officials for promotion of bilateral relations, stabilization of peace and calm in the region and mutual understanding on regional developments.

Based on the agreement, signed at the end of the second round of talks between the two ministers, Iran and Sudan would exchange expert delegations and expertise and promote mutual technical and educational cooperation.

During his four-day visit to Tehran, the Sudanese defence minister held two rounds of talks with his Iranian counterpart and conferred with Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and Commander of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi on defence-related issues.

He also inspected subsidiaries of Iran’s auto manufacturing giant Iran Khodro.

(IRNA)