STORY: Sudan, Egypt agree to activate joint mechanisms
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2025
LENGTH: 00:00:32
LOCATION: PORT SUDAN, Sudan
CATEGORY: POLITICS

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1. various of the meeting between the two sides

STORYLINE:

Sudan and Egypt on Wednesday agreed to activate joint mechanisms, especially the dialogue and consultation mechanism between the foreign ministries of the two countries and the quartet mechanism of foreign and irrigation ministers.

The remarks were made when Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met with visiting Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty in Port Sudan, in the presence of Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yousif, the sovereign council said in a statement.

Yousif noted that the meeting between Al-Burhan and Abdelatty reviewed Egypt's role in supporting Sudan and the ongoing efforts to achieve peace and reconstruction.

For his part, the Egyptian foreign minister told reporters that the meeting discussed the situation in Sudan, the regional challenges and conflicts, the situation in the Horn of Africa region, and the water issue.

He emphasized the need to maintain continued coordination between the two countries in all regional and international forums regarding the water issue and continuing to support the Nile Basin Initiative.

Abdelatty arrived in Port Sudan earlier Wednesday on an official one-day visit to Sudan.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Port Sudan, Sudan.
(XHTV)