Joint Sudanese-Ethiopian committee to meet in Khartoum

KHARTOUM, July 27, 2005 (SUNA) — The Higher Joint Sudanese-Ethiopian Committee is to meet in Khartoum on August 5-6, co-chaired by President of the Republic Omer Al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Mustafa Osman Ismail said in a press statement that it had been agreed during an earlier visit by President Al-Bashir to Addis Ababa to upgrade the joint ministerial committee between the two countries to a higher committee.

He added that the meeting of the higher joint committee would be preceded by the ministerial committee.