The Under-Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Rahmatalla Mohamed Osman, received at his office Tuesday the Ambassador of Brazil to Sudan, Antonio Carlos Do Nascimento Pedro, and reviewed means of support to Brazil application to join membership of the Organization of Islamic Conference as an observer.
The Sudanese Dilomat expressed Sudan pledge to support the Brazilian application; especially that Brazil is engaged in good relations with the Islamic and Arab states.
The meeting also tackled ways to reactivate the economic relations between Sudan and Brazil in the light of the agreements signed by the two countries, the visits being exchanged between the two countries at all levels and holding the first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee. The Brazilian Ambassador reviewed the Brazilian suggestion on cooperation between Sudan and (PRIX) Group that comprises Brazil, India, South Africa and China concerning support to the writing off of Sudan external debts.

President of the Republic Omer Albashir, has directed Khartoum State officials to work to stabilize water and health services, commending the state for making available necessary services for the citizens. The Governor of Khartoum State Abdul Rahman Al-Khider who met the President of the Republic at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers that he briefed the President on the outcome of his recent visit to Brazil where he signed an agreement on the township between Brasilia and Khartoum State.
The Governor explained that the agreement would push forward horizons of cooperation in domains of training and capacity building, saying that Brasilia agreed to train Employees of Khartoum and the two sides agreed on number of development projects including sanitation and water.
Mr. Al-Khider explained that he briefed the President on the current preparations by Sundous Agricultural Project, revealing the Board of Directors of the Project will hold its meeting in the coming two days to approve the new policies and to revive the project which is of great importance to the States of Khartoum, Gezira and White Nile Meanwhile, the Governor of Khartoum State briefed the President on the Housing Project, explaining that the President pledged to support the project, saying that the project will begin by constructing 5,000 units in three locations in Khartoum State.

President of the Republic Omer Albashir received an invitation from the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to attend his inauguration ceremony for new term of office on May 12th. This came when President Albashir received at the Cabinet's Secretariat General, Monday the Envoy of the Ugandan Head of State who conveyed to him a message from his Ugandan Counterpart. The Ugandan official in press statement expressed his country's appreciation to the successful Referendum for South Sudan, wishing success to the newly-born state.

Vice President of the Republic Ali Osman Taha will hold a meeting today morning Tuesday at the Friendship Hall with the delegations participating in the activities of a seminar on Youth employment, good governance and democracy in Africa, held on the fringes of the meetings of the Organization of the African Trade Unions' Unity which is scheduled to begin sessions on Thursday. The Vice President will touch on, in his speech, a number of issues that the African continent is now witnessing along the transformation, developments in the region and the issues of youth employment, good governance and democracy.
Meanwhile the Participants in the seminar of youth employment, good governance and democracy in Africa held Monday at the Friendship Hall , agreed that the exploitation of resources , youth employment and combating corruption are fundamental challenges facing the development in Africa.
Mr. Blang Pierre of Togo stressed that the African countries are unable to take advantage of the natural and human resources effectively, pointing out to the importance of coordination with specialized researchers to achieve maximum utilization of resources.

The Higher Committee for Strategic Planning has discussed preparation for the coming five-year plan (2012-2016) where a vision forwarded on formulation of the plan within the quarter century strategy and the challenges facing Sudan. The committee held a plenary meeting Monday at the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers under chairmanship of Vice President of the Republic Ali Osman Taha.
The Secretary General of the National Council for Strategic Planning Tagel-Sir Mahjoub said in statements to the press that the meeting deliberated on ways to realize stability in Sudan after secession of south Sudan in terms of justice, equal opportunities and social integration as these axes will lead the strategy in a clear vision for the coming phase. He added that a number of institutions, state's governors, the Chairman of the Council of States, National Assembly's Speaker and representatives for universities and political parties have participated in the meeting.