Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced that during the recent Paris conference to support Sudan, $15.5 billion of Sudan's $60 billion foreign debt was written off.

Hamdok stressed in a press conference that the current economic program was "an implementation of the policies that he put forward since he was chosen for this position without dictation from anyone other than Sudan's interest," adding that it was "frank and transparent with the Sudanese people from the beginning."

He continued, "There are accompanying policies aimed at reducing the burden of implementing the program, and one of these policies is to provide direct support to citizens, which requires people to work hard and register their families to enjoy this right."

خطابي اليوم لشعبنا الكريم حول الأوضاع السياسية والاقتصادية والأمنية ببلادنا الحبيبة.
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— Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) June 15, 2021

He said that the road, "despite its difficulty," had led to "good results, including removing Sudan's name from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and holding the Paris Conference, which would lead to the exemption of Sudan's debts and thus attract investments."

Hamdok called for preserving the security and unity of Sudan "against fragmentation" and not to bring the country into a state of division, adding that "what happens sometimes in terms of sabotage and encroachment on citizens and their property is not like the revolutionaries."

He added that "our country is facing harsh conditions that threaten its cohesion and unity, and in which hate speech and the spirit of tribal discrimination spread, and this fragmentation can lead us to a state of chaos, as well as help the spread of conflict, which may lead to a civil war that destroys everything."