Sudan’s leader in Cairo for talks with Egyptian president

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general has held talks with the Egyptian president in Cairo as Sudan remains locked in a political stalemate since a military coup in October, with near daily protests against its military rulers. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi received Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the ruling Sovereign Council in Sudan on Wednesday at Cairo’s international airport. Burhan’s visit comes as Sudan’s Egypt has cultivated close ties with Sudan in recent years. It fears a prolonged political deadlock would further destabilize its southern neighbor. The talks in Cairo also touched on the two nations’ dispute with Addis Ababa over a massive dam that Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile.