SUDAN-ERITREA: Reconciliation summit

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

ASMARA, May 3 2003 (IPS) - A reconciliation summit meeting, aimed at ironing out differences between Sudan and Eritrea, will be held between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Eritrean President Isaiah Afwerki in Tripoli today under the patronage of Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi.

Qatar News Agency correspondent in Asmara said the meeting was arranged after efforts led by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who visited Khartoum on Thursday.

Sudan and Eritrea have recently traded accusations of supporting the opposition in each other’s country.