Pakistan–Sudan relations

Pakistan-Sudan relations

Pakistan
Sudan

Pakistan–Sudan relations have been characterised as close, warm, brotherly, and cordial.[1] Both, Pakistan and Sudan, share the same religion as well as historical baggage of colonial rule. Both countries are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Like Minded Group, and the Group of 77 in the United Nations.

Bilateral relations strengthened when Sudan declared its support for Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani wars, and Pakistan stood by Sudan over its integrity and sovereignty, especially on its boundary disputes with both Egypt and South Sudan. Pakistan also contributed to the UN peacekeeping force in Sudan with 1,542 personnel and 92 observers during the Second Sudanese Civil War.[2]

Through various memorandums of understanding, the two cooperate in the fields of agriculture, healthcare and education. Pakistan is also supporting Sudan with higher education as more than five hundred students from Sudan study in the universities of Pakistan which is the highest number of Sudanese students to any foreign country.[3] In the past, Pakistan has offered medical training to Sudanese without any tuition fees.[4] Sudan donated generously in the relief efforts during earthquake in 2005 and floods in 2010 in Pakistan. In turn, Pakistan has sent aid to Sudan during drought and famine. UNMIS Pakistani contingent regularly holds free clinics in remote areas of Blue Nile State that are currently inaccessible by land.[5] In 2009, 37th such event was held near Ad-Damazin where over 1,500 patients were treated.[6][7]

Pakistan and Sudan regularly engage in collaborative dialogue at OIC summits to improve political stability in the Middle East and the Islamic World.[8] In 2014, President Mamnoon Hussain proposed a third round of Pakistan-Sudan Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) to enhance cooperation in trade, economic and defence sectors.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/07/11/city/islamabad/pakistan-sudan-enjoy-cordial-relations-badar/
  2. ↑ http://www.muslim-institute.org/PublicationDetail?publication=85/Republic-of-Sudan-%28History-and-future-of-a-country-battered-by-Civil-Wars%29
  3. ↑ http://www.muslim-institute.org/PublicationDetail?publication=85/Republic-of-Sudan-%28History-and-future-of-a-country-battered-by-Civil-Wars%29
  4. ↑ http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/12296/pak-sudan-relations-thank-you-pakistan/ From Sudan: Thank you Pakistan!
  5. ↑ http://unmis.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=600&ctl=Details&mid=697&ItemID=4651
  6. ↑ http://unmis.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=511&ctl=Details&mid=697&ItemID=6536
  7. ↑ http://reliefweb.int/report/sudan/sudan-pakistanis-hold-free-medical-camp-kadala
  8. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/13/content_8162843.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/15-Dec-2014/pakistan-keen-to-strengthen-trade-defence-ties-with-sudan-mamnoon
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