Talks focus on improved security

The Eritrean Ambassador to Sudan Isa Ahmed Isa met on Monday with a Sudanese Presidential advisor to discuss security matters between the two countries, reported official Sudanese radio. Major General Dr Al-Tayyib Ibrahim Muhammad Khayr said that his meeting with the Eritrean ambassador had focused on security agreements recently signed between the eastern Sudanese state of Kassala and the Gash-Barka region of western Eritrea. Dr. Khayr said that the two had also discussed how to further improve security between the two countries. The two have endured an uneasy relationship for much of the past decade, including charges by Sudan that Eritrea is harbouring Sudanese rebel groups, and counter charges by Eritrea that Sudan facilitated the passage of Ethiopian troops during the Ethio-Eritrea border war 1998-2000