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| Sudan unable to finance its diplomatic missions: Foreign Minister |
| 2018-04-19 |
| [PRESSTV] The foreign minister of Sudan has revealed that his country is unable to pay many of its diplomats abroad while some diplomatic missions across the world could be closed over rent problems. Ibrahim Ghandour said Wednesday that several Sudanese foreign diplomats were seeking to return home as a result of the government’s inability to pay them for months. "Some ambassadors and diplomats want to return to Khartoum now... because of the difficulties faced by them and their families," Ghandour said in a speech to politicians. The top diplomat said his ministry was also unable to pay the rent for several diplomatic missions across the world. "For months Sudanese diplomats have not received salaries and there is also a delay in paying rent for diplomatic missions," Ghandour said, without specifying which missions were affected. The minister accused some government officials of neglecting the diplomatic missions, saying they had a feeling that paying wages to diplomats and rent for diplomatic missions were not a priority. "The situation has now turned dangerous, which is why I am talking about it publicly," said Ghandour. |
| Posted by:Fred |