Sudan and Italy hold consultative meeting in Khartoum

October 24, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and Italy political consultations committee resume this Sunday its activities in Khartoum after after a hiatus of more than ten years.

Last July during a visit Roma and Milano foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour agreed with Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni to resume these bilateral meetings to future to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues and ways to coordinate their action.

An Italian delegation led by Amb. Raffaele de Lutio, head of African affairs department at the Italian foreign ministry will arrive Sunday in Khartoum, a source at the Sudanese foreign ministry told Sudan Tribune on Saturday.

“The meeting comes within the framework of distinguished relations between Khartoum and Rome and as one of the fruits of the visit by Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour to Italy in July,” the Sudanese diplomat further said.

The consultative meeting will discuss economic, political, scientific and cultural cooperation, bilateral coordination between the two countries in international forums, and common positions on regional and international issues of common interest.

The bilateral talks will discuss human trafficking and illegal immigration and Sudan’s participation in the EU summit with African countries in Valletta Malta on 11 and 12 November.

The conference will build on existing cooperation processes between Europe and Africa, particularly the Khartoum and Rabat processes on migration, and the EU-Africa Dialogue on Migration and Mobility.

(ST)