Khartoum – On August 3 in Romae, Head of Italian Police, doctor Franco Gabrielli, and his Sudanese counterpart, General Hashim Osman Al Hussein, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on migration, in the presence of Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation officials. The Memorandum regards collaboration between the two countries for the fight against crime, for the management of migration effects and borders. The agreement falls within the broader framework of cooperation between Sudan and the European Union on migration issues, in particular the “Khartoum Process (launched in Italy in the fall of 2014) and the “EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and fight against the root causes of irregular migration and the phenomenon of displaced persons in Africa” (launched in November 2015 at the Summit of La Valletta). (9colonne)
