Would Egypt support Sudan-Israel normalization deal?
Egypt, which welcomed the recent normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and has its own longstanding peace treaty with Israel, does not seem to be as enthusiastic about Sudan doing the same.
CAIRO — No official Sudanese statements have been made on the details of the Aug. 25 meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, along with Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Sudan’s Information Minister Faisal Saleh merely said in a press statement Aug. 25, “The [Sudanese] transitional government does not have any authority to deal with the issue of normalization with Israel.”
The American statements, however, were more in line with the US vision, saying that Sudan’s full normalization of ties with Israel is only a matter of time.
According to Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen revealed Aug. 16 contacts between Jerusalem and Khartoum, expecting the signing of a normalization agreement between the two nations before the end of the year. This was also confirmed by the spokesman for the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Haider Badawi, in a statement to Reuters Aug. 18, which caused him to be fired from his position. “We don't deny that there are communications [with Israel],” Badawi said in his statements.
