INA - BAGHDAD

Sudan announced on Tuesday the country's support for the Iraqi initiative calling for holding an Arab and Islamic summit to discuss ways to stop the aggression on Lebanon.

"Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, met with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan, Hussein Awadh Ali, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings held in New York," said the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement - received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between Iraq and Sudan and ways to enhance them in various fields, and recent security developments in the region, especially the attacks on Lebanon.

The Sudanese Foreign Minister expressed his country's support for the Iraqi initiative calling for holding an Arab and Islamic summit to discuss ways to stop the aggression on Lebanon.

Hussein stressed, "Iraq's firm position in supporting Sudan's stability and internal security and Iraq's readiness to support and facilitate internal dialogue initiatives towards reconciliation" highlighting "the importance of unifying the Arab position to support it."