Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Following Israel and UAE, Israel and Sudan are close to reaching a peace agreement

Reporter : Gao Jianwen / Editor : Yun Tian / Publisher : Sound Of Hope

Ref : https://www.soundofhope.org/post/413044 / Direct translation

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Following the signing of a historic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on the 13th, Israel and Sudan also said on the 18th that the two countries are close to reaching a peace agreement.

According to Arab Sky News, Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Sadik said: “There is no reason for continued hostility between Sudan and Israel” and said, “We do not deny that there is communication between the two countries.” According to the Associated Press quoted an official from the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Sudanese government "looks forward to reaching a peace agreement with Israel."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Twitter that he would "do all necessary efforts" to reach an agreement.

In February of this year, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the head of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, held a two-hour meeting, and the two sides agreed to advance bilateral relations. Normalize negotiations. Netanyahu praised Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Arab media, that Burhan’s decision to “work hard to advance relations with Israel” was “brave”.

On the 13th, under the mediation of US President Trump, Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic peace agreement, which became the first similar agreement after Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. On the 16th, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen also predicted that after the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Sudan may also sign a peace agreement with Israel in the future.



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