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President Umar al-Bashir attended the anniversary of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray regional capital, Mekele, northern Ethiopia. The Sudanese president left on 17 February for a two day visit to participate in the celebrations, the official Sudanese news agency Suna said.
He was accompanied by the Minister of External Relations Dr Mustafa Uthman Isma'il, the Minister of Roads and Communication, Muhammad Tahir Illah and other senior officials. The Minister of External Relations said the visit of the Sudanese delegation represented the keenness of Sudan "to consolidate its ties with neighbouring countries, especially Ethiopia which is linked to Sudan with the longest land border", Suna said.
The minister said that the two countries recently agreed on forming a joint ministerial committee and one for development of a border area between Sudan and Ethiopia. He said Bashir would hold talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, which would, among other things, "review the Somali issue". Sudan is the chairman of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, IGAD.
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