The head of the Sovereignty Council, Commander of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, received the credentials of Hassan Shahhosseini, the new Iranian Ambassador in Sudan, after more than 8 years of complete estrangement between the two countries, Al Jazeera reports.

He added: “The President of the Sovereignty Council welcomed the new ambassador of Iran.”
In turn, the Iranian ambassador said that, submitting his credentials “comes within the framework of the common consensus between the two countries regarding the exchange of ambassadors and the promotion of bilateral relations.” He added that he would do his “utmost to strengthen cooperation relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Sudan.”