Egypt, Sudan talks on trade and citizens movement

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak will receive a message from Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on bilateral cooperation and continuous efforts to halt violence in the occupied territories.

The message will be conveyed by First Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha who will arrive in Cairo Sunday to head his country's delegation to the Higher Egyptian-Sudanese Committee meetings.

The committee will review at its meeting Sunday several bilateral issues on top of which will be means of setting up joint projects in the fields of industry, agriculture and pharmaceuticals.

Egypt's side will be chaired by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid. An official source at the cabinet said that the committee would discuss giving facilities to the movement of goods and commodities between the two states.

It will also discuss removing restrictions hampering the citizens' movement between the two states.