WSJ: Egypt addressed arms smuggling issue with Bashir

U.S., Egypt Push Sudan About Arms - WSJ.com:

"Both the U.S. and Egyptian governments have in recent weeks raised with Sudan's government their concerns that the African country has become a major facilitator for Gaza-bound weapons being smuggled into Egypt, according to officials briefed on the diplomatic exchanges. Washington sent a formal complaint to Khartoum demanding Sudan's government 'cease smuggling arms into Egypt,' according to a U.S. official. The official wouldn't provide an exact date.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak raised a similar complaint with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during the African strongman's visit to Cairo this week, according to a diplomat briefed on the meeting. The Egyptians are particularly concerned that Sudan is becoming an arms partner of Iran and aiding Tehran in moving weapons to the militant group Hamas, which is based in the Gaza Strip."

So that means Egypt acknowledges arms traffic through its territory from Sudan?

Comments

[Tim Seah]

Easy, killer. That means that "a US diplomat briefed on the meeting" has accused Egypt of being a transit point for Iranian arms smuggled via Sudan

[arabist]

Indeed.