The President of the Republic of Sudan H.E. Omer Hassan Ahmed AL Bashir received on 12th Jan. 2008, H.E. Abdelaziz KHELEF, Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA).

H.E. President AL Bashir praised, as great, the vital role BADEA is playing in consolidating Afro-Arab Co-operation. He expressed to his guest the full support of the Sudan Government to BADEA and urged the Bank to intensify its efforts to strengthen the set projects to alleviate poverty and misery in the Sub-Sahara Africa countries.

H.E. BADEA's Director General seized the opportunity to thank the President for the support and help that the Sudan Government is extending to the Bank as a host country.

In a press statement to the media, following the audience with the President, H.E. Khelef said that BADEA, since its establishment has extended 3 billion US dollar to the Sub-Sahara Africa in the different fields of economic development projects with special emphasis on combat poverty, food programmes and human resources.