Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived Tuesday in Khartoum to attend the inauguration ceremony of Sudanese President Omar al Bashir for a new presidential term.

North Sudan's First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh welcomed Sisi at the airport along with a number of Sudanese ministers and Egyptian Ambassador in Khartoum Ossama Shaltout.

Although President Bashir has been in power since 1989, Tuesday’s swearing in ceremony marks his second term in office since the cessation of Sudan from its southern neighbor of South Sudan in 2011 after a national referendum.