Egypt Renews Complete Support to Sudan’s Security, Stability

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
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Egypt Renews Complete Support to Sudan’s Security, Stability

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi receives Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Cairo. (AFP file photo)

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi reiterated his country’s complete support to Sudan’s security and stability during a telephone call with Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Saturday

They agreed to continue intense coordination and consultation in the future, given their national security and the historic bilateral ties.

According to presidential spokesman Bassam Rady, the leaders discussed cooperation and regional developments.

Sisi congratulated the Sudanese government and people on their country’s Independence Day.

Burhan, for his part, hailed the deep popular and government rapprochement between Cairo and Khartoum, as well as the mutual efforts to improve joint cooperation.

He praised Cairo’s full support to preserve Sudan’s safety and stability, Rady added.

Both countries share wide cooperation relations that deepened after the ouster of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in 2019 and Burhan’s assumption of the Council’s presidency.

Sisi and Burhan last met in October 2020 when the Sudanese leader visited Cairo for talks on the implementation of joint development projects.



UN Refugee Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians to Return

Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
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UN Refugee Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians to Return

Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)
Trucks carrying the belongings of Syrian refugees move along a road from a camp in Arsal in eastern Lebanon on their way back to Syria on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP)

A UN refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking countries to refrain from forced returns.

"Now we have forecasted that we hope to see somewhere in the order of 1 million Syrians returning between January and June next year so we shared this plan with donors, asking for their support," said Rema Jamous Imseis, UNHCR Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

She said that thousands of people had fled Syria this month as opposition fighters seized power from President Bashar al-Assad, while thousands had also returned to the country mostly from Türkiye, Lebanon and Jordan.