ICRC president to visit Sudan early March

KHARTOUM, Feb 21, 2004 (SUNA) — President of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) Dr Jakob Kellenberger, is due to visit Sudan early next March to hold talks with the Sudanese officials on the role of the ICRC in the post-peace Sudan.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Osman Ismail, said the visit of Dr Kellenberger to Sudan comes to discuss the ICRC activities in Sudan as well as the role expected to be played by the ICRC in the period of peace in Darfur and other areas.

SUNA learnt that the president of the ICRC will meet the Sudanese officials in the presidency of the republic and ministries of foreign affairs and humanitarian affairs before heading to Nairobi to meet the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), John Garang.