Taha briefs Mubarak on details of agreement with the rebels

Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Muhammad Taha held talks in Cairo with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on the recent security agreement concluded by the government with the souther rebels (Sudan People's Liberation Movement) concluded in Nivasha's resort in Kenya.

Taha told journalists following the meeting that he briefed President Mubarak with the details of the agreement and the role his country expects from Egypt and the Arab states to play in order to support the agreement politically and supporting Sudan in implementing an economic plan to develop southern Sudan in a way that makes any referendum for self- determination in the south come out in the service of the option of Sudan's unity.

He also expressed his hope that the peace agreement with the rebels will open the door before the opposition political forces to return back to the country.

Sudanese press sources said that Taha will head after Egypt to Sudan and Qatar with the aim to notify their leaders on the recent progress in the peace process in Sudan.