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Egypt, Sudan to sign next week four freedoms agreement

‎KHARTOUM, July 15, 2004 (SUNA) — President of the Republic Gen. ‎Omer Al-Bashir and the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, are ‎due to sign next week the agreement on four freedoms between ‎Sudan and Egypt, said Foreign Minister Dr. Mustafa Osman ‎Ismail.‎

In a press statement upon return here Thursday noon after ‎accompanying President Al-Bashir in his brief visit to Cairo, Dr, ‎Ismail said that the Foreign Ministers of Sudan and Egypt will ‎exchange the agreement documents in the following week at a ‎meeting which would be held at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign ‎Affairs.‎

In his brief visit to Cairo, President Al-Bashir congratulated ‎President Mubarak on his recovery after a recent surgical operation ‎which he underwent in Germany.‎ ‎

Dr. Ismail said that the two presidents have discussed progress of ‎the bilateral relations between Sudan and Egypt, indicating that ‎President Al-Bashir acquainted President Mubarak with the developments in ‎Darfur issue.‎

He said that they also deliberated about the four freedoms ‎agreement between Sudan and Egypt, which was approved by the ‎parliaments of the two countries.‎

Dr, Ismail said that the Egyptian Prime Minister gave a briefing on ‎implementation of agreed upon joint projects in the tele‎communication, roads and trade fields.‎

He said that Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak called for ‎convocation of the joint higher ministerial committee shortly to ‎review implementation of the agreements which were signed by ‎the two countries and to work out plans for implementing the four ‎freedoms agreement.‎

He said that the two presidents also discussed Arab issues, top of ‎them is the situation in Iraq, affirming that the Iraqi government ‎which was set up by the United Nations was regarded as an ‎important step for normalization of the situation in Iraq.‎

President Al-Bashir and Mubarak have discussed the conditions in ‎Palestine and the recent resolution of the International Court of ‎Justice regarding the Separation Wall established by Israel and the ‎importance of its removal, the Foreign Minister said.‎

He said that the two presidents also underscored the importance of ‎continuing of efforts for implementation of the Roadmap.‎

Dr. Ismail indicated that Presidents Al-Bashir and Mubarak further ‎deliberated about the decisions of the recent African Summit.‎

He said that the Egyptian side was acquainted with the recent ‎agreement which was signed by Sudan and the United Nations on ‎Darfur issue.‎

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