President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, received on Sunday the credentials of the new Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Sudan, Hassan Shah Hosseini, as his country’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Sudan, in the presence of the TSC Secretary-General Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Ghali Ali Youssef and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Hussein Al-Amin Al-Fadil.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, in a press statement, that the Iranian ambassador presented his credentials to President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, pointing out that TSC President welcomed the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, stressing the strength of relations between Sudan and Iran. He said that the ambassador's submission of his credentials marks the beginning of a new phase in the process of bilateral relations between the two countries. For his part, the Iranian ambassador said that submitting his credentials came within the framework of the consensus between the two countries regarding the exchange of ambassadors and the promotion of bilateral relations, expressing his thanks and appreciation to the TSC President for accepting his credentials, stressing that he will spare no effort to strengthen cooperation relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and to Republic of the Sudan, noting that his country supports national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Sudan.