Ahmadinejad: Iran-Sudan ties brotherly and strategic

Tehran, Sept 15, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Iran-Sudan relations deep, brotherly, and strategic, adding that Iran will defend rights of Sudanese nation and government everywhere.

According to the report of Presidential Office website on Tuesday, on the sidelines of Iran-Africa Forum, President Ahmadinejad received Sudanese Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Karti and told him that Iran condemns colonial views of hegemonic powers in Sudan and believes that former colonialists are still following the same aims of the past with claims on human rights.

He said that hegemonic system will never want to see any powerful and big country in the world, so, with different methods, they confront independent and freedom seeking nations.

The Sudanese senior diplomat, for his part, called Iran-Sudan ties excellent and added that there is expectation that the bilateral ties promote more and more and include economic and trade grounds, too.

Appreciating Iran for holding Iran-Africa Forum, the Sudanese official said that the meeting can take big steps toward increasing cooperation between Iran and African states.

Karti said that Sudan praises Iran’s noticeable progress in different scientific and industrial grounds, adding that Sudan defends Iran’s right on using peaceful nuclear technology and is proud that Iran is achieving new scientific goals and is resisting against west prattling./end