At a joint press conference held later on Saturday, Shoukry reaffirmed the “deep relation between Egypt and Sudan,” adding that the meeting deliberated the country’s’ bilateral relations, as well as recent regional and international developments, including continuous communication on military and security-related issues. Ghandour arrived in Cairo late Friday and was scheduled to meet with President Abdel-Fattah al Sisi later on Saturday. Egypt and Sudan agreed during previous talks that neither side would harbor nor support opposition groups fighting their respective governments. But Sudan then introduced entry visas for Egyptian travelers on April 7, just as Egypt put similar impositions on Sudanese travelers. In 2004, Egypt and Sudan signed the Four Freedoms Agreement, allowing citizens to move freely between both countries and live, work and own property without a permit.

Source: Egypt Independent June 03, 2017 17:15 UTC