(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-30 02:31

KHARTOUM -- Sudan and the Central African Republic agreed on Wednesday to make joint efforts to maintain the security of their borders, which have witnessed repeated cross- border attacks by rebels and other armed groups since years.

Visiting President of the Central Africa Francois Bozize and Sudanese Minister of Defense Abdul-Rahim Mohammed Hussein inked the agreement during their talks.

Hussein told reporters at the end of the meeting that "we have agreed to reactivate the agreements signed between the two countries regarding the security of the borders and the military cooperation between their armed forces."

"The view points of the two sides on the issues raised in the meeting are identical," the Sudanese minister noted, adding that the president of the Central Africa expressed "a strong keenness" on maintaining border security.

The two sides discussed bilateral relations and an agreement signed between the two countries in 2004 regarding border security and another one signed by Sudan, the Central Africa and Chad in 2005 on the establishment of a joint force to patrol the borders between the three countries, according to Hussein.

He disclosed that the meeting also dealt with the military cooperation between the two African countries' armed forces in the fields of training and habilitation.

The Central African president arrived in Khartoum Tuesday on a two-day official visit to Sudan, his first visit to Sudan since taking office in June 2005.