Erdoğan voices solidarity with Sudanese people, administration

Turkey is committed to stand by the people and administration of Sudan and maintain bilateral ties in solidarity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 12.

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Erdoğan's remarks came at a news conference in the presidential complex in Ankara following his meeting with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council, in which both sides signed several memorandums of understanding.

"We are committed to standing by the brotherly people of Sudan and their administration," Erdoğan said, adding that Ankara would maintain bilateral ties in solidarity in the coming days ahead.

Erdoğan also noted that he was pleased by Al-Burhan's visit to his country, saying he hoped this heralded a new chapter in the friendly ties between Turkey and Sudan as both countries shared historical and cultural ties.

Erdoğan said he had visited Sudan in 2006, as the prime minister back then, and in 2017 as the president, and the Sudanese nation embraced him with great hospitality.

Emphasizing that the countries became strategic partners amid his visit in 2017, Erdoğan said the two leaders discussed a variety of issues and Sudan had been going through a comprehensive period of transition since 2019 while Al-Burhan shouldered a hard role during a critical period.

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Since then, the Sudanese transition government has made great progress and achievements under the leadership of Al-Buhran, according to Erdoğan, who said the Sudanese nation would reach the level they deserve after years of hardships.

The Turkish president expressed his satisfaction with the removal of Sudan's overdue debts to the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Monetary Fund, as well as with the Sudanese banks'...