Sudan, Eritrea sign peaceful agreement

Sudan and Eriterea on Tuesday in Doha signed an agreement which provides for settling their crisis by peaceful means.

An official source in Qatar was quoted as saying that according to this agreement which was signed at the headquarters of the Qatari foreign ministry, each of Sudan and Eriterea pledged to settle disputes through negotiations, honoring the political choice of each party and non- intervention in the internal affairs of the other side, SANA reported.

The agreement was signed by the Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Israel and Eriterea's foreign minister Haily Weld Tensay. The agreement was signed following 48-hour Qatari mediation.

SANA added that earlier in the day, ruler of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani received a message from the Eriterean President Asyas Afeworki on bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern.