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EUROPEAN UNION
DELEGATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF SUDAN


European Union hopes the release of Al Mahdi will be followed by the
release of all remaining Political Prisoners to begin a genuine
National Dialogue in Sudan





The Sudanese media reported today that the Ambassadors of the European Union
countries present in Sudan paid a courtesy visit to Al Sadig Al Mahdi, President of
the Umma National Party (UNP) and former Prime Minister of Sudan, at his
residence in Omdurman. The Ambassadors congratulated Al Sadig Al Mahdi on his
release and discussed with him perspectives for the national dialogue.

At the end of the meeting, European Union Ambassador Tomas Ulicny told to the
press: "We came here to congratulate the Chairman of the Umma National Party on
his release. The decision to release UNP Chairman and leading national figure Al
Sadiq Al Mahdi is a step into right direction to resume the national dialogue for
which Al Sadiq al Mahdi and the UNP are indispensable participants."


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"The European Union and its member states have issued a number of statements
calling for the release of Al Sadig Al Mahdi and all the political prisoners in Sudan as
the prerequisite for genuine national dialogue in Sudan", Ambassador Tomas added.

"We hope the release of Al Mahdi will be followed by the release of all the remaining
political prisoners including human rights activists like Taj Al Sir Jaffar Taj Al Sir and
Mohamed Salah Mohamed Abdelrahman to resume a genuine national dialogue
process, thus paving the way for creation of a national consensus that will promote
unity and stability of the country", Ambassador Tomas Ulicny said.