Mubarak meets El Bashir to discuss Sudanese rapport

The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak convened a meeting with the Sudanese President Omar Hassan El Bashir. The Sudanese president informed his Egyptian counterpart with the results of his meetings with head of the opposition Sudanese national alliance Mohammed Ossaman El Merghany and the communications held by the government with the opposition leadership to achieve the rapport in Sudan. Following the meeting, informed Sudanese sources said "the talks tackled the developments in M.E area."

The meeting was attended by the Egyptian prime minister Atef Ebied, the foreign minister Amr Moussa and political advisor of president Usama El-Baz, and from the Sudanese side, the foreign minister Mostafa Ossman Ismail, the prime minister general Abd El-Rehim Mohammed Hasan and Ahmed Abd El Halim the Sudanese ambassador at Cairo.