Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir said he will remain patient with Egypt even though “it has illegally occupied a disputed region near the Red Sea,” in an interview with Al-Jazeera channel on Monday. Bashir said he has been silent in the face of the occupation of the Halayeb triangle to honor the longstanding relationship with Egypt. Egypt and Sudan agreed during the talks that neither side would harbor or 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. Sudan’s decision to place a restriction on Egyptian men aged 18 to 50 is aimed at preventing “terrorists” from infiltrating the country, it said.

Source: Egypt Independent May 16, 2017 13:18 UTC