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Visit to the Republic of the Sudan

Topic: Report

27 February 2020

From 27 to 28 February, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit to the Republic of the Sudan. While there, he gained an impression of the political and social fresh start following the decades of dictatorship. In the capital Khartoum, the Federal President had political talks with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan, at the beginning of their talk in the official residence of the Prime Minister

From 27 to 28 February, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid a visit to the Republic of the Sudan.

While in the Sudan, the Federal President gained an impression of the political and social fresh start following the decades of dictatorship. The first visit by a Federal President to the Sudan since 1985 is a demonstration of solidarity and support for the country’s further transformation.

In the capital Khartoum, the Federal President had political talks with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan. He also found out more about current developments and about expectations for the future during meetings with Sudanese civil society. During a visit to the National Museum, the Federal President also learned more about the Sudan’s rich history, which stretches back to ancient times and was – and continues to be – intensively explored by German archaeologists.

The Federal President was in Kenya before travelling to the Sudan.

Overview of the programme:

Thursday, 27 February

  • Flight to Khartoum, the Sudan
  • Welcome with military honours by Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
    Thereafter
    Talks with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
    Joint press conference
  • Official residence of the Prime Minister
    Talks with Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan
    Thereafter
    Joint press conference
  • Sudan National Museum
    Guided tour of and information on the collection as well as the museum park together with German archaeologists
  • Radiology faculty at Sudan University
    Visit to the former site of the protests in the faculty grounds and talks with organisers of as well as participants in the protest movement
  • Residence of the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany
    Reception hosted by Ulrich Klöckner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany

Friday, 28 February

  • Delegation hotel
    Breakfast with mediators in the Sudanese transition process
  • Control centre of the Sudanese Electricity Transmission Company (SETCO)
    Visit to the main planning room and talks with engineers
  • Flight to Berlin

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