After the United Arab Emirates, another country on the way to a historic agreement with Israel • "There is no reason for continued hostility, we will not deny the existence of the contacts"
A Khartoum resident waves the Sudan flag
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A Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said his country was expecting a peace agreement with Israel based on Khartoum's interest "without sacrificing its fixed values". Hyder Bedouin said these things in an interview he gave today (Tuesday) to the Sky News Arab network.
"There is no reason for the continued hostility between Sudan and Israel, we will not deny the existence of contacts," he said. The spokesman clarified that Sudan and Israel would enjoy the benefits and fruits of a peace agreement between them and that the Sudanese Foreign Ministry expects contacts with the Israeli side for the signing of a peace agreement. The Sudanese diplomat praised the UAE move in signing a normalization agreement with Israel, adding that it was courage and heroism that the country outlined the right path for other Arab countries.
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Sudan admitted last February that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Sudanese President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Entebbe. Khartoum's Sovereignty Council then argued that the rare meeting did not constitute a change in its attitude toward Israel. Among other things, it was emphasized that "Khartoum's position on the Palestinians and their right to establish a sovereign state remained strong."
In April 2019, Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir was ousted after 30 years in power. Al-Bashir waged a bitter war against the rebels in western Darfur and against the Christian minority in southern Sudan. Bashir became in 2009 the first incumbent leader to be indicted in the International Court of Justice in The Hague for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Following protests that began to intensify in late 2018, Bashir was ousted in a coup and the power was seized by a special military council. Following this, pressure was exerted by the citizens to hold elections in the country, when it was finally decided to establish a joint council for the protesters and the military personnel.