Bashir intends to resume normalization of relations with Egypt, Egyptian aid received

Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir announced his determination to remove the tensions between his country and Egypt and said that the issue will be discussed with his foreign minister.

Political sources said that Bashir and Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael agreed on practical measures to return relations between Cairo and Khartoum to normal.

Meanwhile, Ismail Salaam, the Egyptian minister of health, left Cairo yesterday for Khartoum heading a delegation that comprises 20 members on board a private airplane carrying the second installment of Egyptian aid to those injured in recent Sudanese floods.

Doctors will perform surgeries, present vaccines, follow up on cases of illnesses and provide medicines to the sick and injured. The visit will last for one week.

Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said the humanitarian aid sent by Egypt today to Sudan comes within easing the suffering of those injured by the Sudanese floods.

A second private airplane left Cairo yesterday for Khartoum in addition to the one that headed on Saturday to the Sudanese capital carrying aid, including medicines, to the Sudanese people.