Sudanese foreign minister expected in Egypt soon

Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mostafa Osman Ismail is expected to pay a visit to Egypt "within the coming few days" a news agency in Egypt quoted Sudanese officials as saying yesterday.

The sources added that the official would prepare for an expected visit to Cairo by Sudan's president Omar Bashir.

Ismail is in charge of ongoing Sudanese efforts seeking to improve relations with Egypt, which soured over Egyptian accusations that Sudan was offering shelter and training to fugitive terrorists, Al-Ahram daily said.