President Isaias Afwerki is poised to begin a two-day official visit to Khartoum on Saturday to hold talks on bilateral relations with the new leadership in Sudan and the situation in the region, the Sudanese state news agency reported on Friday.
The Eritrean leader is scheduled to meet the leader of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Gen Abdoal-Fatah al-Borhan, Mohamed Hamdan (Hamatti), who heads the Rapid Support Forces, and the country’s new prime minister, Abdallah Hamdook.
There have been strained ties between Khartoum and Asmara for many years, culminating in border closures.
During his last months in power Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir had promised reopen the border with Eritrea which had been closed for a year due to what Khartoum called national security safeguards.
Last month, Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Salih, handed a letter from President Afwerki to al-Borhan in relation to strengthening relations between Khartoum and Asmara.
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