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The test and Pompeo
The head of the Sudan Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, denied that Khartoum had been subjected to “blackmail” by the United States regarding approval to establish relations with Israel.
On Friday, the White House announcement of an agreement to normalize relations between Sudan and Israel coincided with the announcement by US President Donald Trump that Sudan would be removed from the US list of states sponsoring terrorism.
Al-Burhan said he had consulted with the Sudanese prime minister and most political forces before announcing the deal.
Sudan has actively sought to remove its name from the list, and its demands increased after the removal of President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
“We have not blackmailed normalization,” al-Burhan said in an interview with Sudanese state television.
But the test recognized that the United States was one of the “catalysts for the decision” to establish relations with Israel.
On Sunday, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for normalization with Israel with the aim of removing Khartoum from the terrorist list during his visit to the Sudanese capital in August.
Al-Burhan said: “I prefer to call it reconciliation rather than normalization. So far, we have not reached an agreement. We will sign with the other parties the United States and Israel aspects of cooperation,” adding that “reconciliation” is “in the interest. of Sudan “.
“Removing our name from the list … will allow us to return to the international community. We will benefit financially and obtain technology,” he added.
He indicated that this diplomatic development “will allow the passage of aid” to implement the peace agreement between the Sudanese parties signed on October 3.
Critics in Sudan accused the authorities of betraying the “cause of Arab nationalism” and the Palestinians by accepting normalization with Israel.
“We all want a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders … but we don’t want Sudan to be fully responsible for that,” al-Burhan said.
Al-Burhan denied rumors of pressure from the United Arab Emirates, which, along with Bahrain, had normalized relations with Israel in recent weeks.
Sudan said on Sunday that a joint meeting with Israel would be held “in the coming weeks to discuss and conclude cooperation agreements in the fields of agriculture, trade, economy, aviation, immigration and other issues.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel would send $ 5 million worth of wheat to Sudan as it seeks to fill renewed protests over food shortages.
