Moussa affirms AL commitment to contribute to south Sudan rehabilitation, development

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday reiterated the AL commitment to actively contribute to rehabilitation and development in south Sudan.

"The Arab investment conference in south Sudan, which will kick off in Juba on Tuesday, comes in fulfillment of the AL pledge to establish development and investment projects in the south", Moussa told reporters upon arrival at the Khartoum airport.

"The AL is concerned with all Sudanese issues, in the south, Darfur and all other areas", he added.

Sudanese Minister of Investment, George Bong, for his part, welcomed the AL delegation and affirmed importance of the Arab role in rehabilitation of the south.

"This conference constitutes the real beginning for the Arab investment in south Sudan", he said.

South Sudan's capital of Juba is scheduled to host on Tuesday the Arab conference for investment and development in south Sudan.

The conference tends to boost the investment opportunities and enhance development and rehabilitation in the region under the atmosphere of peace founded by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ( CPA), inked between north and south Sudan in 2005.

A number of Arab businessmen and representatives of Arab private sector institutions, industrial and agricultural chambers and unions, investment and financial institutions and a number of relevant international institutions will take part in the conference.

Source: Xinhua