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Sources in Sudan and Egypt reveal that Saudi Arabia will pay compensation to the United States instead of Sudan, amounting to 335 million dollars. This is to accelerate the normalization of relations between Khartoum and Tel Aviv.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan
Sources in Sudan and Egypt revealed that Saudi Arabia will pay $ 335 million to the United States in order to accelerate the normalization of relations between Khartoum and Tel Aviv, the Middle East Monitor reported.
According to press reports, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, quickly intervened, after US President Donald Trump established a condition that required Sudan to pay compensation to Washington. Trump described the event as “great news.”
Yesterday, Thursday, two Sudanese government sources confirmed to “Reuters” that the leader of the transitional government, Abdullah Hamdok, is willing to normalize relations with “Israel” if Parliament approves it.
The two sources explained to “Reuters” that Khartoum’s warning against normalization “reflects fears that such a big step will spoil the delicate balance between the army and the civilian population.”
It is noteworthy that the daily “Israel Hayom” said yesterday that after many months of efforts and intense contacts with the United States, Sudan decided to fully normalize relations with “Israel”, the newspaper learned from an informed diplomatic source.
The official and public announcement of the decision, according to the newspaper, is expected for the weekend, apparently after a phone call between US President Donald Trump and the head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al -Burhan.
According to the newspaper, on the first of Wednesday, “a rare and direct trip from ‘Israel’ to Khartoum left and returned.”
US officials accompanied an Israeli delegation, which went to Khartoum on Wednesday, for talks on “a possible improvement of relations with Sudan.”
On the other hand, the Israeli media reported on Thursday that the Mossad head stated that “Saudi Arabia is waiting for the US presidential elections,” and that he indicated that “there is a very large effort in the Saudi arena, which we hope will generate something.”
Last Monday, the president of the United States announced that Sudan would be removed from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, after Khartoum paid 335 million dollars in compensation to the families of the American victims of terrorism.
At the time, the head of the transitional government, Abdullah Hamdok, commented: “We hope that President Trump will notify Congress of the decision to remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.”
Before that, Al-Monitor said that the United States and the United Arab Emirates continue to push for Sudan’s normalization with Israel.
I was transporting a reporter Fields According to sources, the Israeli-American-Emirati conditions on the issue of normalization were presented to Sudan last month, including that the printed delegation includes the Sudanese Minister of Justice who has US citizenship and who previously worked as a consultant in US offices and from the Gulf.
The 47 conditions included the possibility of Sudan being an alternative home for the resettlement of the Palestinians, US control of the Sudanese Red Sea through South Sudan, as well as preventing the Sudanese authorities from granting Chinese companies any investment.
Washington also called for monitoring Sudanese ports and territorial waters under the pretext of fighting terrorism, and modifying Sudanese educational curricula, as well as making Sudan an exile for those expelled by the United Arab Emirates, “Israel” and United States.
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