“I am pleased to inform you that as part of the visit, we agreed to sign a peace treaty between Sudan and Israel,” Cohen told reporters at Ben Gurion International Airport.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said today that he had “agreed” with Sudan “to sign a peace treaty” on his return to Israel after an official visit to Khartoum, the first by an Israeli foreign minister to that country.
“I am pleased to inform you that as part of the visit, we agreed to sign a peace treaty between Sudan and Israel,” Cohen told reporters at Ben Gurion International Airport.
The signing “is expected to take place after the transfer of power in Sudan to a civilian government that will be formed as part of the ongoing transition process in the country,” the minister explained.
In January 2021, when politicians and the military were still sharing power in Sudan, Khartoum announced that it was joining the so-called “Abraham Accords”, with which three other Arab countries recognized Israel. Thus catalyzed the rigid policy followed by the dictator Omar al-Bashir who was overthrown in 2019, a great enemy of the Jewish state and who had long maintained ties with the Palestinian movement Hamas.
Unlike the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, however, Sudan has so far not followed through on the agreement with concrete measures to deepen relations.
“The signing of a peace agreement will serve both countries, strengthen Israel’s national security, regional stability and contribute to the economy,” added Eli Cohen.
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