{{The Eritrean president, Isaias Afewerki, will arrive in Khartoum on Thursday to hold talks with his Sudanese counterpart, Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, to discuss bilateral ties and means for furthering cooperation between the two countries.}}<\/p>\n
Sudan\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) director, Mohamed Atta, travelled to Asmara on a one-day secret visit on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Informed sources told the pro-government al-Rayaam daily newspaper on Tuesday, that Afewerki will be accompanied by several ministers and advisors.<\/p>\n
The same sources stressed that a summit between the two presidents will be followed by a ministerial meeting to discuss bilateral relations besides regional and international issues of common concern.<\/p>\n
It added that Afewerki\u2019s program of work would include field visits to several projects and large enterprises on top of which is Al-Gaili oil refinery.<\/p>\n
Last April, Bashir disclosed during a visit to Sudan\u2019s eastern state of Kassala intends to establish a joint Sudanese-Eritrean force to combat human trafficking and smuggling.<\/p>\n
He said that Khartoum would provide Asmara with its fuel needs in order to curb smuggling, underscoring existence of a high level of security coordination between the two countries to control borders and achieve security and stability.<\/p>\n
Bashir also called upon the government of Kassala state to carry out its responsibilities in order to achieve the required living standard for the residents along the borders.<\/p>\n
The head of neighboring countries\u2019 department at the foreign ministry, Ibrahim Bushra, described ties between Sudan and Eritrea as good, pointing to the repeated mutual visits of the two leaders.<\/p>\n
He said that Bashir emphasised Sudan\u2019s relations with Ethiopia do not come at the expense of its ties with any country, in reference to Khartoum\u2019s relations with Asmara.<\/p>\n
Bushra added that Bashir had in the past offered to mediate between Eritrea and Ethiopia in order to clear the atmosphere between the two neighboring countries.<\/p>\n
He further stressed that Sudan supports the regional campaign led by Eritrea to lift the sanctions imposed upon it by the United States, saying that Sudan suffers from similar sanctions.<\/p>\n
Eritrea became an independent state in 1991 after a bloody war of independence with Ethiopia. The two countries fought a border war in 1998-2000 that has killed an estimated 70,000 people.<\/p>\n
The two East African adversaries remain at loggerheads since the disputed key town of Badme had been awarded to Eritrea by an international border commission.<\/p>\n
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