The Minister of Planning of Somalia, Dr. Saaed Mohamed Abdalla, has described his country\'s relations with Sudan as firm and progressing well, commending the support being provided by Sudan to Somalia. Interview by SUNA at the sidelines of his participation at the Regional Islamic Micro-Finance Workshop, organized by the United Nations Development Program in (UNDP) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Sudan, Dr. Saaed said he came to Sudan to find ways of cooperation, especially in the economic field and to discuss means of benefiting from Sudan\'s experiences in field of Islamic micro-finance.