The chief of staff of Sudan’s army and his Egyptian counterpart have held talks in Khartoum, Sudan’s armed forces said in a statement early on Thursday.
Gen Mohammed Farid Hegazy and Sudan’s Gen Mohammed Othman Al Hussein met at an air base in the Sudanese capital late on Wednesday night, the statement said, but did not divulge the content of the talks.
Gen Hegazy stopped in Khartoum on his way back home from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which currently chairs the African Union.
Egypt and Sudan have forged close military ties in recent months, signing a co-operation agreement and holding a series of joint war games. Gen Hegazy has been a frequent visitor to Sudan.
The two have long been locked in a bitter dispute with Ethiopia, Sudan’s eastern neighbour, over a massive hydroelectric dam Addis Ababa is building on the Nile less than 20 kilometres from the Sudanese border.
