Qatar announces new pledge of $25 million for Sudan

Paris: The State of Qatar announced on Monday a new pledge of USD 25 million to support the fraternal Sudan based on its duty toward its people, bring...

Paris: The State of Qatar announced on Monday a new pledge of USD 25 million to support the fraternal Sudan based on its duty toward its people, bringing the total it has allocated since the outbreak of the crisis in the country to USD 75 million, in addition to the contributions of its civil institutions represented by Qatar Charity and Qatar Red Crescent Society, which has exceeded USD 11 million up to date.

This came in the State of Qatar's speech delivered by the Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater before the Paris conference on Sudan, which was held on Monday in the French Republic.

Her Excellency stressed that the conference comes at a significant time in which the fraternal Sudan and its generous people are witnessing one of the harshest contemporary humanitarian tragedies, as the displacement crisis in this large country due to the ongoing military conflict is the largest in the world at present. She noted that the percentage of students outside the educational system is at the highest international level today, not to mention the atrocities, loss of life, and severe shortages of food and medicine that those generous people are witnessing.

Her Excellency reiterated the importance of contributing to returning the Sudan issue to the international agenda and placing it in its rightful place on the list of priorities of the international community.

In this regard, Her Excellency said that the State of Qatar would like to emphasize a package of important principles to form the foundations upon which any international approach to the Sudanese issue is based. She explained that the first principle is to preserve Sudan's sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and institutions.