Gaddafi receives telephone calls from Mubarak, al-Bashir

Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gaddafi on Monday night received telephone calls from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sudanese President Hassan al-Bashir, during which consultations were made on the current developments in Sudan.

Stress was laid on the importance of backing stability and peace in Sudan and achieving national reconciliation between the Sudanese government and the opposition sides.

On the other hand, the chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party in Sudan, Muhammad Othman al-Merghani, arrived in Sudan on Monday leading a delegation from his country on a visit to Libya which will last for several days.