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Head of Egyptian Armed Forces receives Sudan's al-Bashir
Mar 8, 2011, 16:17 GMT
Cairo - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met with the head of Egypt's Armed Forces Tuesday in Cairo to discuss ways to strengthen economic and political bilateral ties, state media said.
Al-Bashir is the first Arab leader to visit Egypt after former president Hosny Mubarak resigned on February 11.
He met with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, which currently runs the country. They also discussed successive development of events across the region.
'Al-Bashir's visit to Cairo reveals a Sudanese supportive stance for the Egyptian people during such a historical situation,' said Sudanese Ambassador to Egypt Abdul Rahman Siral-Khatim, according to the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.
Under Mubarak's rule, Egypt had backed al-Bashir against an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court issued against him in 2009.
The Sudanese leader has repeatedly defied the indictment, which was issued for his alleged role in directing war crimes and genocide in Darfur.
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