President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered peace deals.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered peace deals.
During a call with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, Trump brought reporters into the Oval Office and announced, “The state of Israel and the Republic of Sudan have agreed to make peace.”
The historic deal has a special significance in the Arab-Israeli conflict Following the Six-Day War, the Arab League convened in the capital of Sudan and passed the famous ‘Three Nos’ Khartoum Resolution declaring “no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu told Trump, “We are expanding the circle of peace so rapidly with your leadership. Trump responded by saying, “There are many, many more coming.”
A subsequent joint statement issued by the three countries said “The leaders agreed to the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel and to end the state of belligerence between their nations.”
The President indicated that at least five additional countries want to join in a peace deal with Israel. A signing ceremony is expected to be held at the White House in the coming weeks, according to officials.
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