Egyptian - Sudanese bilateral relations, reviewed

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak received yesterday a message from Sudanese President , Omar al-Bashir related to the situation in Sudan in the light of the renewal of the military operations along the southern and eastern Sudanese borders.

The message was conveyed by Sudanese Foreign Minister Moustafa Othman Ismail before leaving for London after a few hours' visit to Egypt during which he met with President Mubarak and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Amr Moussa.

The Sudanese Foreign Minister asserted during his meeting with President Mubarak on Khartoum's readiness to go ahead with the Egyptian-Libyan initiative as a framework to solve the Sudanese problem and its willingness to take part in the preparatory forum which was called for by the Egyptian-Libyan Joint Committee.

Foreign Minister Amr Moussa reviewed Monday with his visiting Sudanese counterpart Othman efforts exerted to realize comprehensive reconciliation.

The meeting comes within the framework of intensive contacts carried by Egypt and Libya with various Sudanese parties to initiate dialogue that may result in achieving reconciliation and build a new Sudan with the participation of all its sons.

In an interview Monday with Sawt Al-Arab Radio, Ismail voiced hope that this forum would succeed in putting an end to the plight of the Sudanese people.