Meeting between State Minister Sonoura and the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan
On December 19, 2016, Mr. Kentaro Sonoura, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, met
with Mr. Kamal Eldeen Ismail Saeed, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
the Sudan.
At the beginning, Mr. Sonoura expressed his gratitude for Sudan#39;s cooperation
in TICAD VI, the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which was
held in August this year. He also expressed Japan#39;s intention to continue cooperation
with Sudan, mentioning the signing on the same day of a grant aid on agricultural
development and Japan#39;s support for Sudan#39;s accession to the World Trade
Organization. In response, Mr. Ismail expressed his gratitude for Japan#39;s continued
support and his hope to strengthen the bilateral ties.
The two Ministers also had fruitful discussions on South Sudan and cooperation in
multilateral fora.
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
