31 July 2017 – The President of the Republic, Omar Al- Bashir, on Sunday reaffirmed the keenness of the Sudanese government to further strengthen religious coexistence in the country and to protect religious freedoms in a way that achieve religious security and stability in the country.
The President who received at the presidential Guests House, the vising archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, stressed the peaceful coexistence that prevails even within one family comprising Muslims and Christians, living side by side in harmony.
The president has stressed that no christian establishment, church or institutions, were ever attacked in the Sudan, a matter that underlines the peaceful coexistence of all faiths in the country.
President Al-Bashir welcomed the visit of the highest official Anglican clergy to the Sudan, expressing the hope that this would not be only an impetus to the relations between the two churches but also between the Sudan and the UK as well.
Welby, who is leading a delegation of Canterbury bishops from different parts of the world to the inauguration of the Anglican Church which will be an independent national church, the 39th worldwide, said he held a 50-minute-long meeting with the Sudanese head of state centering on his concern for the provision of assistance to the poor and disposed people.
He commended the way Sudan hosts refugees and said he talked with President Omar Bashir on the policy of his country, the UK, which encourages the “end of (economic) sanctions” on the Sudan. Sudan is under economic sanctions for 23 years.
The Minister for Orientation and Endowment, Abu Bakar Osman Ibrahim, has meanwhile said the archbishop has installed the Sudanese Bishop Hezgial Kindah in Kadogle, Nuba Mountains of South Kordufan.