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From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Fri May 06 2011 - 15:00:41 EDT
Egyptian popular delegation to visit Sudan, Eritrea
A delegation of Egyptian politicians, journalists and public figures will
visit Sudan and Eritrea
MENA, Friday 6 May 2011
A popular delegation has left Cairo for Khartoum today in a tour that will
also include Eritrea.
The delegation consists of members of various parties, including El-Wafd,
El-Tagammu and the Nasserist parties, as well as journalists, public figures
and members of various NGOs. The group will meet with Sudanese President
Omar Al-Bashir and Vice-President ElSayed Othman Taha and other officials.
The delegation will then head to South Sudan to meet with President Salva
Kiir Mayardit.
On Tuesday, the group will leave to Eritrea to meet with President Isaias
Afewerki and some of the country’s senior officials.
The head of the Wafd Party, El-Sayed El-Badawi, who will be in the
delegation, said that the purpose of the visit is to discuss relations
between Egypt and these two countries. He added that they will discuss with
Sudanese officials the possibility of increasing economic ties between the
two countries.
Ali Selmy, also a member of the Wafd Party, added that the delegation will
also discuss the Nile Basin crisis with Sudanese officials.
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