Sudanese parliament approves security cooperation agreement with Turkey

KHARTOUM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese parliament on Tuesday approved a security cooperation agreement between Sudan and Turkey including training, exchange of experiences and combating terrorism.

Deputy Chairman of security and defence committee at the parliament, Gen. Ibrahim Ahmed, presented the draft agreement to the parliament for approval Tuesday.

"The agreement is a result of a historical development of the relations between the two countries in the economic, political and security fields," said Ahmed when addressing the parliament.

He noted that the agreement tends to enhance the relations between Sudan and Turkey to achieve common interests in fields of modern technology, training, security exchange and combating terrorism and organized crime in accordance with the international commitments and UN Charter.

Khartoum and Ankara signed the security cooperation agreement as part of 21 agreements during the visit of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Sudan in December 2017. Enditem