The Israeli foreign minister was in Khartoum on Thursday. A “peace treaty” should be signed between the two states once Sudanese power is transferred to a civilian government, he announced after his visit.
During this “historic political trip”, in the words of Israeli diplomacy, the two nations “decided to move towards a normalization of relations”, said the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “A peace treaty between Sudan and Israel” will be signed “after the transfer of power in Sudan to a civilian government which will be established as part of the ongoing transition process in the country”, said the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eli Cohen, once back in Israel.
Eli Cohen met in the Sudanese capital with General Al-Burhan, the de facto leader of the country since the putsch, and the minister appointed by the latter as head of the diplomacy, Ali al-Sidiq.
Furthermore, In January 2021, Sudan expressed its commitment to the Abraham Accords, by which three other Arab states recognized Israel, while civilians and soldiers still shared power in Sudan. The country had thus broken with the inflexible position of Bashir, a great enemy of the Jewish state and long close to the Palestinian movement Hamas.
With these agreements, Khartoum, banned from the international community during a long embargo under Bashir, had obtained financial assistance from the United States, a few weeks after its withdrawal from the American list of States accused of financing terrorism.
On the other hand, unlike the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco, yet, Sudan has not followed up the agreement so far with concrete steps to deepen ties. And formal ratification by elected institutions has still not taken place, with the country in the midst of a political doldrums.