Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday afternoon in Cairo with Sudanese first vice president and minister of defence Awad Ibn Auf and Sudanese chief of national security Salah Abdallah Gosh, the Egyptian intelligence announced. The Sudanese officials discussed with the Egyptian president ways to boost bilateral relations as well as recent developments in the region. Sudanese ambassador to Cairo Abdel-Mahmoud Abdel-Halim attended the meeting.