EGYPT and Sudan on Thursday jointly announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations and the return of the Egyptian ambassador to Khartoum. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir issued a statement saying Cairo will “immediately” return its ambassador, who was recalled in 1995. Since then Egypt has only been represented by a charge d’affaires in Sudan, which for its part kept an ambassador in Cairo.