SUDAN'S AL-BASHIR ON FIRST VISIT TO KUWAIT SINCE 1990 IRAQI INVASION KUWAIT -- SUDAN IS ADMITTING THAT THE IRAQI INVASION CAUSED A CRACK IN INTER-ARAB RELATIONS.
THE SUDANESE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT KHARTOUM WAS SUPPORTING KUWAIT'S JUST CAUSES, FOREMOST THE NEED TO RELEASE OVER 600 KUWAITI POWS HELD IN UNDISCLOSED DETENTION CAMPS IN IRAQ.
AL-BASHAR, IN REMARKS LAST APRIL, SAID SUDAN WAS WORKING ON RE-ESTABLISHING TIES WITH THE GULF STATES.
KUWAIT'S FIRST DEPUTY PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHEIKH SABAH AL-AHMAD AL-SABAH MET IN CAIRO IN JANUARY 1999, SUDAN'S FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ALI ABDUL RAHMAN AL-NUMAIRI.
LAST SEPTEMBER, H.H. THE AMIR SHEIKH JABER AL-SABAH ORDERED THE DISPATCH OF URGENT RELIEF SUPPLIES TO SUDAN TO EASE SUFFERING OF VICTIMS OF FLOODS.
THE KUWAIT FUND FOR ARAB ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (KFAED) HAS, UP UNTIL 1990, EXTENDED UP TO 302 MILLION DOLLARS TO SUDAN TO FUND AGRICULTURAL, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, ELECTRICITY AND INDUSTRY VENTURES. (END) AD.BS KUNA 131542 Feb 00NNNN