Sudanese-Egyptian summit for integration, normal relations

Sudan's minister of foreign affairs Mustafa Ismael stressed that the summit meeting between Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to be held in Cairo by the beginning of May will bring an announcement of joint integration and restoration of normal relations between Egypt and Sudan.

In a statement to the Saudi daily Okaz published on Sunday, Ismael added Sudanese-Egyptian relations have witnessed notable improvement as a result of exchanged visits, and continued contacts between the two governments at the directives of President Mubarak and President Bashir.

The Sudanese President praised the Egyptian side positive response in the talks on restoring Egyptian properties confiscated in Sudan, concluded on Saturday in Khartoum.