Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and a delegation of Israelis were in Khartoum, Sudan on Thursday to meet with Sudanese leaders about normalizing ties between the two countries.
Cohen met with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, commander-in-chief of the Sudanese military and the de facto head of state in Sudan after a military coup in 2021. The two men discussed “ways to establish fruitful relations” between Israel and Sudan, and “prospects of cooperation” in various sectors such as agriculture, health, education, security, energy, and more, according to a statement by the Sudan sovereign council.
Sudan is a Muslim-majority nation, predominantly from the Sunni sect (like Saudi Arabia)—which also puts them at odds with Iran (a Shia Muslim country). The common growing threat from Iran continues to open doors for new partnerships for Israel and her Arab neighbors. Sudanese leaders…
