Khartoum, Aug. 01, 2021, SPA — Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, met here today with the Executive Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power. During the meeting, the two sides discussed USAID's support for Sudan in all fields, citing the critical humanitarian situation of refugees in eastern Sudan due to increasing numbers of the displaced flooding into Sudan as a result of the conflict in neighboring Ethiopia, and urging the international community to partner and support Sudan to contain the crisis. —SPA 20:26 LOCAL TIME 17:26 GMT 0028 www.spa.gov.sa/w1595230