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Sat 11 Nov 2009Sudan minister on official Irish visit
SUDAN’S HUMANITARIAN affairs minister will arrive in Ireland this weekend for an official visit during which he will meet freed aid worker Sharon Commins and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin.
Abdul Bagi al-Jailani, who oversaw negotiations for the release of Ms Commins and her Goal colleague Hilda Kawuki after they were kidnapped and held for more than 100 days in Darfur, will discuss humanitarian efforts in the region and other parts of Sudan in meetings with Mr Martin and officials from Irish Aid, the Government’s overseas development arm.
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