Cairo, - The Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday met in Cairo with the Eritrean Foreign Minister, Osman Saleh, who is currently on a visit to Egypt.

The Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar told reporters in Cairo that the talks were friendly and she explained that it focused mainly on the situation in the Horn of Africa especially the Somali situation.

She added that the situation in Somalia was worrisome to all regional countries, noting that there should be collective efforts to resolve the crisis