President Reccep Tayyib Erdogan of Turkey has renewed his country's support and backing for the Sudan "today and in the future."

President Erdogan on Monday delivered a lecture at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum in which he stressed that the economic sanctions imposed on the Sudan in the past were unjustified and have in fact caused suffering for the Sudanese people and deprived them from development and affected their future.

He said in spite of the sanctions he had noticed the Sudan continued to score developments in the various domains. He said after the revocation of the sanctions the Sudan could now take off. 

President Erdogan said he was convinced that those who have the right on their side will remain strong no matter what the plotting.

He said his country would refurbish the town of Suakin in line with the documents and maps presented so that the town could be an attraction for tourists and play its role as a point for pilgrims' passage.