Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak Discuss Ways to Consolidate Cooperation between Sudan and Egypt

SUNA - President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, met Monday, on the sidelines of the African Summit in Sharm Al-Shaikh, with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and acquainted him of the situation in Sudan and the ongoing efforts to achieve a settlement for Darfur issue. Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak stressed the importance of reactivating the cooperation between Sudan and Egypt in the fields of animal production and food security, as well as completing establishment of infrastructural projects and roads linking between the two countries.

President Mubarak affirmed the support of his country to the efforts for reaching solution for Darfur issue, referring to the participation of Egypt in the hybrid operation in Darfur and the UN forces in south Sudan. The two presidents also discussed means of consolidating the cooperation between Sudan and Egypt in all domains.

On the other side the  President of the Republic Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir has explained before the summit of the African Union, the potentialities possessed by Sudan in the field of water and diversified agricultural production. In an intervention before the summit Monday, President Al-Bashir said the world faces now the problem of food and water, pointing out that the African continent utilizes less than 4% of its water resources.

The President pointed out that Sudan has embarked on implementation of agricultural development programmes, construction of dams, electricity production and realization of self-sufficiency and heading towards the stage of exporting its diversified agricultural products. President Al-Bashir stressed the importance of giving concern by the African leaders to combating poverty and environmental deterioration, proposing changing the Council of Water Ministers into a permanent specialized committee on water affairs in the continent.