A plane carrying a delegation of Israelis lands in Khartoum, Sudan, according to a report from the Kan public broadcaster.
According to the news outlet, the plane departed this morning, making a brief stop in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt before arriving in Khartoum. Kan cites the Saudi Al-Arabiya news outlet as reporting that the delegation is slated to meeting with Sudan’s top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a coup last year.
The Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the report.
An Israeli delegation was last reported to visit Sudan in November. Sudan and Israel agreed to normalized ties last year, although progress has been slow amid government instability and anti-Israel sentiment among the public.
Sudan has been beset by anti-coup demonstrations, and security forces have responded with deadly force. More than 70 people have been killed and hundreds of others have been wounded in mass protests since the military took over on October 25, removing the country’s civilian-led government.
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