President Carter met this morning with Gaafar Muhammed Nimeiri, President of Sudan and Chairman of the Organization of African Unity. President Nimeiri is in the United States on a private visit and will address the United Nations General Assembly on September 27.
The two Presidents discussed recent developments in Middle East peace negotiations resulting from the Camp David summit and issues of mutual concern in Africa. They also discussed the role of the OAU in seeking peaceful solutions to conflicts in Africa. Both leaders expressed their satisfaction with the existing cordial bilateral relationship and the focus on economic development in Sudan.
Attending the meeting were President Carter; the Vice President; Andrew Young, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; Warren Christopher, Deputy Secretary of State; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; David A. Newsom, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Richard Moose, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs; Harold Saunders, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Donald C. Bergus, U.S. Ambassador to the Sudan; and Paul B. Henze, National Security Council.
The meeting lasted from 9:30 a.m. until 10:45 a.m.
Jimmy Carter, Meeting With President Gaafar Muhammed Nimeiri of the Sudan White Home Statement. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/243234