Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn arrived in Khartoum Tuesday on a two-day visit for talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, local media reported.

According to Sudanese media, Desalegn and al-Bashir, who are to hold a round of talks later, will sign a number of joint agreements and memorandums of understanding previously approved by meetings of a joint ministerial committee between the two countries.

The agreements between Khartoum and Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, include a framework agreement on trade, economy and technical cooperation, another on legal matters, an agreement in field of aviation services, a cooperation agreement on centralized and decentralized government, as well as agreements on passengers transport services, security and railways.

The memorandums of understandings include human trafficking control, banking and Customs cooperation in addition to joint programs in field of education.

Source: Xinhua News Agency