Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi arrived in Sudan on Thursday for a visit which Khartoum has termed “historic” but which an analyst said should have come sooner.
The two-day trip is Muslim Brotherhood leader’s first to Sudan, which Egypt jointly ruled with Britain until 1956. Morsi was elected last June after a popular uprising toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
Official media in Sudan said Morsi will hold talks with President Omar al-Bashir, political party leaders and members of local Egyptian community.
“It is a historic visit because of the strategic depth of the relations between the people of the two countries, and both leaders are elected,” Emad Sayed Ahmed, Bashir’s press secretary, told AFP.
“On the contrary, it comes too late,” University of Khartoum political scientist Safwat Fanous said, noting Morsi had already visited several other countries including India and Pakistan.