Sudan ‘aspires’ toward peace deal with Israel, foreign ministry spokesman says

Sudan foreign ministry spokesperson Haidar Badawi Sadiq tells Sky News Arabia that Sudan “aspires towards a peace agreement with Israel… a relationship of equals built upon Khartoum’s interests.”

“There’s no reason for the enmity to continue,” Sadiq says, adding “we do not deny the communication between the two countries.”

He also says “both Sudan and Israel will benefit from such an agreement if it is signed, at the end of this year or the beginning of next year,” dovetailing with Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen’s declaration that there could be an agreement between Jerusalem and Khartoum by the end of the year.

Speculation about warming ties between the two countries has been building since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met earlier this year in Uganda with the leader of the Sudanese transitional government, Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Burhan.

— Aaron Boxerman