The Donald Trump administration will remove Sudan from the US state sponsors of terror list once Sudan’s government transfers into escrow $335 million in settlement money for families of victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, Trump announced Monday.

The decision to remove Sudan from the list will ease the impoverished country’s access to international investment and aid more than a year after popular protests ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir and nearly two decades since Sudanese officials began cooperating with the United States on counterterrorism efforts.

As part of negotiations over the de-listing, Sudanese officials are expected to take preliminary steps toward recognizing Israel over the next several days, according to two sources familiar with the discussions who spoke to Al-Monitor on the condition of anonymity. The Sudanese Embassy in Washington did not immediately return Al-Monitor’s request for comment.

Earlier this year, Trump administration officials reached a preliminary agreement with Sudan’s new civilian-led transitional government in which Khartoum would transfer over the settlement money in exchange for Congress passing legislation that would grant Sudan immunity from liability for other terrorist attacks.