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The head of the Sudan Sovereignty Council, Abd al-Fattah al-Burhan, said it is not possible to separate the removal of Sudan from the US list of states sponsoring terrorism and normalization with Israel, denying that his country has been targeted of the American blackmail or the pressure of the Gulf countries that printed with Tel Aviv.
In an interview with state television Monday night, al-Burhan added that the agreement with Israel is “a peace agreement in the interest of all parties.”
He added that the normalization agreement announced by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, a few days ago motivates decision makers in the United States to remove Sudan from the terrorism list and to confront it as an active member of the international community.
He indicated that Khartoum would sign an agreement with Tel Aviv on aspects of cooperation in areas including technology, agriculture and migration.
In a direct interview with state television, the head of the Sudan Sovereignty Council said: “We have not been subjected to any blackmail on the issue of normalization. We have interests in that … Remove our name from the list of countries that they sponsor (terrorism) will make us return to the world and benefit financially and obtain technology.
Referring to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, he said that the Gulf states that normalized their relations with Israel did not pressure Sudan to normalize its relations with Israel.
Al-Burhan explained that his country has been greatly affected by the sanctions imposed on it for many years, referring to the sanctions imposed by the United States on Sudan since 1993.
On Sunday, the Sudanese Council of Ministers revealed that the United States stipulated during US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Khartoum last August that Sudan would normalize relations with Israel to be removed from its list of countries sponsors of terrorism.
Recommend normalization
Regarding the recommendation of the agreement, which according to a Sudanese newspaper will be signed next December in Washington, the head of the Sovereignty Council in Sudan said that it will be presented to the Transitional Legislative Council after its formation.
In this context, al-Burhan said: “We have a draft agreement that we will present to the three components: the Sovereignty Council, the Council of Ministers, the Declaration of the Forces of Freedom and Change, as well as the armed movements that signed the Peace Agreement, and then it will be presented to the Legislative Council. “
He added that 90% of the political forces did not oppose normalization with Israel when consulting.
Al-Burhan also said that he consulted with the leader of the nationalist Umma party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, who stipulated that the agreement would be ratified by the Legislative Council.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Al-Mahdi stressed that the normalization of the transitional authorities in his country with Israel contradicts the supreme national interest and popular position.
And in the statement The sameThe Sudanese leader announced his withdrawal from participating in a conference of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments in the capital, Khartoum, to protest the normalization agreement.
She also condemned By agreement Several Sudanese parties, including the People’s Congress and the Baath, welcomed it, while other parties and some armed movements welcomed it.
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