(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Israel and Sudan have agreed to sign a deal to normalize ties
later in 2023, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Thursday
after returning from what his office calls a 'historic' visit to
Khartoum, trend reports citing xinhua .
Cohen told a press conference upon his return that he met with
Sudan's ruling general Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and other senior
officials during his visit, according to a statement by the Israeli
foreign ministry.
Al-Burhan, the chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign
Council, has served as the de facto ruler of the country since he
led a military coup in October 2021.
'Today's visit to Sudan lays the foundations for a historic
peace agreement with a strategic Arab and Muslim country,' Cohen
said, adding the proposed deal would 'promote regional stability
and contribute to the national security of the State of
Israel.'
In a separate statement, Sudan's Sovereignty Council said the
talks were held with the goal of establishing 'fruitful relations
with Israel' and strengthening bilateral cooperation in security
and military issues.
Sudan is set to become the fourth Muslim Arab nation to sign a
normalization agreement with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords,
a series of U.S.-brokered normalization deals Israel reached with
the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to establish official
relations in 2020.
Egypt and Jordan signed peace treaties with Israel in 1979 and
1994 respectively.
Sudan and Israel announced readiness to establish diplomatic
ties in October 2020 but a final agreement has yet to be
signed.
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