KHARTOUM, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Sudan and Egypt said on Wednesday that there was not any tension between the two countries in the wake of the Egypt-Algeria soccer game, hosted by Khartoum on Nov. 18.

Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Wednesday received the Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and chief of the Egyptian intelligence Omer Suleiman who arrived in Khartoum in a one-day visit to Sudan.

"President al-Bashir has listened to statements by the visiting Egyptian delegation, and we have decided to surpass what had happened after the match. We affirm that there is not any tension in the two countries relations," adviser to Sudanese president Mustafa Osman Ismail told reporters following the meeting.

"The Sudanese-Egyptian ties are deeply-rooted and cannot be affected by a football match. We briefed the Egyptian delegation on measures adopted by the Sudanese government to organize and secure the match between Egypt and Algeria," he said.

The Egyptian foreign minister and intelligence chief arrived in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum Wednesday to meet with the Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir and officials of the Sudanese Foreign Ministry.

The Egyptian delegation's visit to Sudan came in the wake of media skirmishing between Khartoum and Cairo following Egypt-Algeria qualifying playoff match to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.