Sudanese FM to meet with British counterpart tomorrow

Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael is to meet tomorrow with his British counterpart, Robin Cook, to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.

Ismael told ArabicNews.com today that this is the first meeting to take place between the foreign ministers of the two countries in more than 10 years, and he thinks that it is a step in the right direction.

He said, "We asked Britain to send a fact-finding committee to Sudan or to support our demand for sending a mission from the Security Council."

Ismael said he also asked Britain to consider bilateral relations realistically saying "I think that the meeting is very important because we will raise in it bilateral relations."