ICGLR Delegation Visits Sudan
Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance، Makki Abdel Rahim, , received a delegation from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) at his office today. The delegation was headed by Mungyereza Bungurure Ham, the organization’s Director of Human Resources and Finance, and included Nicolau Lourenço Clêusio André, a financial expert and representative of Angola and the member states, and Ms. Zinaryakunze Ella Belyse, the organization’s Executive Secretary.
The visit aims to assess the economic situation in Sudan to consider the possibility of reducing its annual contribution to the organization, as well as to arrange and strengthen frameworks for joint cooperation, support the economic reform process, and contribute to reconstruction efforts.
The Acting Undersecretary of Finance affirmed that despite the repercussions of the war and its impact on the economic situation, the Ministry is making significant efforts to restore economic stability and meet the requirements of the recovery phase. He emphasized the need for an accurate and fair assessment of the current economic situation. The meeting was attended by Ms. Ikhlas Mohamed Ali, Director General of External Finance at the Ministry, as well as representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry’s External Finance Department.
For his part, the head of the ICGLR delegation confirmed that the visit aims to coordinate working mechanisms with relevant authorities in Khartoum to help Sudan regain its leading role within the organization. He indicated that the meetings will conclude on the 8th of this month with the issuance of practical recommendations supporting this objective.
The visit is particularly important given Sudan’s active role as a founding member of the Great Lakes Region Regional Office (IGLR), which comprises 12 countries from the African Great Lakes region.
It is worth noting that the ICGLR is an intergovernmental organization established in 2008 and headquartered in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Its creation followed the Congo War and the 1994 Rwandan Genocide to address conflicts with regional dimensions. The organization works to coordinate the implementation of the “Charter for Security, Stability, and Development” among member states to achieve sustainable peace, good governance, economic development, and regional integration. This is accomplished by consolidating security and peace, supporting reconciliation and harmony initiatives, and providing economic benefits to mitigate the effects of crises on member blocs.