March 4, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese and Iranian delegations today started talks on military cooperation between the two countries in order to bolster bilateral military relations.

- Mustafa Mohamed Najjar
During an official visit to Iran in mid January 2007 Sudanese defence minister, Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation agreement with his Iranian counterpart.
The talks between the Sudanese and Iranian sides touched upon ways to enhance military cooperation between the Sudanese and Iranian armies in the fields of military technology and the exchange of expertise and training.
Iran’s Minister of Defense, Mustafa Mohamed-Najjar arrived today in Khartoum, at the head of a high-ranking delegation in a four-day official visit.
During his last year visit to Iran, the Sudanese minister inspected Iran HESA aircraft manufacturing industries and got a first-hand look at the specialized, scientific achievements of the complex. Hussein described as very good, the production of Iran-140 aircraft as well as design and manufacture of different kinds of helicopters.
Welcoming the Iranian minister, Hussein pointed out that the Sudanese-Iranian relations are considered as model relations, indicating that the visit comes in the framework of the exchange of visits between the two countries, referring to a visit he paid to Iran.
He further said that the visit avails an opportunity to boost further the relations between Sudan and Iran.
Hussein reaffirmed Sudan’s stance rejecting imposing sanctions on Iran as development of the Islamic Republic of Iran to its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, saying that "the Zionist entity is the one who develops nuclear technology for military purposes."
The Iranian Defence Minister, on his part, expressed hope that the visit would boost further the relations between the two countries, pointing that the strategies of Iran includes boosting security and stability in the world and in the region in particular.
The Iranian minister denounced the massacres being committed by "the Zionist military machine against the innocent Palestinian people in Gaza and the Palestinian territories."
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