Egyptian Minister of Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Eddin Allam has arrived in Khartoum for talks ahead of a ministerial meeting for the Nile Basin countries. In pre-departure remarks in Cairo Sunday night, Allam said that he would hold "co-ordination" talks with the Sudanese officials ahead of June 26-27 meeting of the Nile Basin countries in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Last month, five Nile Basin countries signed a controversial Nile-sharing treaty without Egypt and Sudan, raising concerns in both countries.