Sudan to start sending 5,000 cows as a gift to Egypt next week

Ahead of a two-day visit by Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, Sudan's Sudan announced on Saturday that it will start sending 5,000 cows that it promised as a gift to Egypt next week.

"During his last trip to Egypt (at the beginning of March), President Omar al-Bashir announced that he would give the Egyptians 5,000 cows as a present," foreign ministry spokesman Khalid Musa told AFP. "We will start sending the cows on Monday. There will be a ceremony beforehand at Al-Qadaru in north Khartoum," before Sharaf departs for the southern capital Juba, Musa added.

Sharaf, who was appointed by the army this month, heads an Egyptian delegation that will include the foreign, agriculture and irrigation ministers.