Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, headed on Tuesday for Rwanda’s capital Kigali to participate in the 10th Extraordinary Summit of AU summit, Sudan official news agency (SUNA) reported.
The AU summit on African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, SUNA said.
SUNA added President al-Bashir is heading Sudan’s official delegation to the AU summit, which was agreed during the AU summit in Addis Ababa January 2017.
African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) is aimed at deepening African economic integration, promoting agricultural development, food security, industrialisation and structural economic transformation through single-air continental transport market with free movement of persons, capital, goods and services.
The Sudanese president left for Kigali accompanied by minister for presidency, minister for foreign affairs, state minister for presidency, general manager of office of the president, according to SUNA. (Xinhua/NAN)
