A high-level delegation led by the head of Sudan’s governing council was in the UAE on Monday for separate talks with Emirati and US officials, including discussions to remove it from the US list of “sponsors of terrorism”. Media.
Sudan’s state news agency Suna said on Sunday that General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, head of the sovereign council that took office after President Omar al-Bashir took office last year, would hold talks with the UAE leadership on “all regional” issues related to Sudan.
It added that Sudanese Justice Minister Nasser-Eddin Abdelbari had visited the U.S. in Abu Dhabi. Officers will meet and “discuss the removal.” [the] The name of Sudan, from the list of states sponsoring terrorism, supports the transition period and writes American debt to Sudan.
However, the Axis website reports that officials from the UAE, Emirati and Sudan will hold a crucial meeting in Abu Dhabi on Monday “on a possible normalization agreement between Sudan and Israel”, which will focus on the U.S. Similar to brokerage deals. In recent weeks.
The Sudanese transition government – in addition to listing terrorism – is seeking “humanitarian aid and more than ૦૦ 200 million in direct” deals in exchange for a deal with Israel, the unnamed sources said.
Anxios reported on Sunday that the U.S. has agreed to provide financial assistance to Sudan over the next three years. And “commitment” is also being sought by the UAE.
Sources confirmed to Al Jazeera on Monday that former Sudanese intelligence director Salah Gosh had arrived in Abu Dhabi. He was accompanied by Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel.
Sudan-Israel ‘normalization’?
In August, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the issue of Sudan’s relationship with Israel during a visit to Khartoum. In response, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok said his government had no mandate to do so, and that such a decision could be made after the end of the transition period and the 2022 elections.
At the time, Pompeo was on a regional tour as part of a campaign to persuade more Arab countries to establish relations with Israel.
US President Donald Trump has said he expects to “normalize” relations with Israel, following in the footsteps of other Arab countries, the UAE and Bahrain, the first Arab states in a quarter of a century.
The Palestinians were outraged by the move, seeing it as a betrayal that undermines the long-running Pan-Arab situation, which calls for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and seeks recognition of a Palestinian state in exchange for normal relations with Arab countries.
Economic collapse
Relations with Israel are a sensitive issue in Sudan, which was one of Israel’s arch-enemies under al-Bashir.
In February, al-Burhan met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda, a secret meeting denounced by Sudanese opposition. Al-Burhan later said that Khartoum’s position on the Palestinian issue and Palestine’s right to establish its own independent state “has been and will remain firm”, although Israeli commercial aircraft began to control Sudan.
Since taking office, Sudan’s transitional government has been pushing for the removal of the U.S. from the list, disqualifying the country from seeking necessary loans from international financial institutions and limiting possible foreign investment.
Authorities are currently under pressure to resolve the economic crisis, which has been exacerbated by months of protests against his rule since April, when al-Bashir was ousted. Inflation hit nearly 170 per cent last month, the currency remained in a slump and the government declared a state of emergency as food and transport costs rose across the country.
While prices of some staple foods such as bread and sugar have risen by 50 per cent in the past few weeks, many fear the crisis will worsen.
The catastrophic situation in Sudan has developed due to heavy rains that brought record-breaking flash floods, devastating much of the country.
The floods have so far killed more than 120 people, affected nearly half a million and caused a total and partial collapse of more than 100,000 homes in at least 16 Sudanese states.
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