Netherlands vows further efforts to make peace in the Sudan

KHARTOUM, Nov 9, 2003 (KUNA) — Netherlands minister for Development Cooperation, Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, vowed during a meeting with Sudanese officials, that her country would make further efforts for realizing peace and ending the civil war in the Sudan.

A statement released by the Foreign Ministrey here said the visiting minister underlined during a meeting with Foreign Minister Mustapha Othman Ismail, readiness of her country to work for extending dcevelopment aid after signing a final peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Popular Movement.

It added that the visiting Minister lauded the positive developments in the Sudan in all fields in particular human rights.

The encounter also touched on regional issues of common interest as well as ways to foster bulateral relations.