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Thursday, 07 January 2021_Sudan has signed the so-called Abraham Accords with the United States, officially agreeing to normalize relations with the Israeli regime.
Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the document with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Khartoum on Wednesday, according to a statement from the office of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.
The signing came just over two months after US President Donald Trump said Israel and Sudan had opened economic ties as a pathway toward normalized ties.
He announced the deal in the Oval Office on October 23 while on a conference call with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Hamdok and Sudan’s Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Political parties in Sudan denounced the government’s decision to normalize relations with Israel at the time it was announced. The Popular Congress Party, the second most prominent component of the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) political coalition, said the people were not obligated to accept the accord.
Angry protesters took to the streets to condemn the normalization with Israel.
As part of the agreement, Sudan was removed from a US government list of countries allegedly promoting terrorism after Khartoum paid Washington $335 million in ransom.
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