Eritrean Foreign Minister Haile Woldetensae arrived in Sudan on Thursday to officially open the Eritrean embassy in Khartoum - an event that follows the 3 January agreement between the two countries to restore diplomatic relations and reopen their borders. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, who officially received Woldetensae, said the tensions of the past “must be an exception” - Eritrea and Sudan severed diplomatic ties in 1994 - and the rule should be constructive cooperation. “We view Sudan’s relations with Eritrea as strategic ties between two neighbouring countries ... therefore, we have no ceiling for the development of these ties: we are working to develop them in all aspect - in the political, security, economic and cultural aspects,” Ismail said on Sudanese television. Eritrea last week handed back the Sudanese embassy in Khartoum, which had been occupied by the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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