Sudanese vice president to visit Saudi Arabia

Sudanese sources said on Sunday that first Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Taha will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia which will last for three days, SANA reported.

Sources at the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said this visit has media and economic perspectives, adding that its main aim is to make consultations with the Saudi officials on the project of national reconciliation in Sudan, proposed in the course of the Egyptian - Libyan initiative, and the possibility of convening the proposed Sudanese reconciliation conference in the Saudi territories.

Meanwhile, the Saudi dailies said on Sunday that a "technical mistake" prevented convening the meeting between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with former Prime Minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi in Addis Ababa last week and that a meeting is expected to be held between the two men in the Ethiopian capital during the current week.