Khartoum – Presidential Assistant, Major General Abdul Rahman Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi affirmed the state's support for community and popular efforts in enhancing the popular

relations between the Sudan and South Sudan.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Women's Friendship Association between Sudan and South Sudan at the Council for International People's Friendship, Al-Mahdi directed to consolidate popular diplomacy between the neighboring countries, especially with South Sudan, praising the formation of the women's association between the two countries.
For his part, the Secretary General of the Council for International People’s Friendship, Abdel Moneim Al-Sunni pointed to the objectives of the formation of the association, revealing the formation of similar associations of the living sectors between the two countries and that the council has organized many programs with neighboring countries for popular interaction with them, stressing that the council will support the said association.