Khartoum: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud arrived here yesterday to represent Qatar at the inauguration ceremony of President Omar Hassan Al Bashir today as President of the Republic of the Sudan for a new five-year presidential term.
Al Mahmoud was welcomed at Khartoum International Airport by Assistant President Abdurrahman Al Sadiq Al Mahdi, Federal Health Minister Bahar Saad Abu Garda, Minister of State at the Presidency Dr Ahmed Fadhul and Qatar’s Ambassador Rashid bin Abdurrahman Al Nuaimi.
Al Mahmoud expressed pleasure for arriving in his second homeland, the Sudan among his relatives and brothers. The minister also said that he was assigned by the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to represent Qatar at the celebrations marking the inauguration of Bashir as president of the republic and we are happy to come to participate in the celebrations which will bring good news to the Republic of the Sudan and its brotherly people.QNA
