Sudan report: Pompeo visit will focus on Israel ties, terror blacklist

The Sudan News Agency reports that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming visit will focus on normalization with Israel and the removal of Sudan from Washington’s terror blacklist.

Pompeo will meet Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and Sudanese Prime Minister Dr. Abdullah Hamdok, the report by the official government news agency says.

“The Sudan News Agency learned that the parties will discuss American support for Sudan’s democratic transition as well as the matter of relations with Israel,” it reports. “The talks are expected to discuss speeding up Sudan’s removal from the list of states which sponsor terrorism, along with American support for peace in Sudan.”

Pompeo’s visit is the first by a US secretary of state since 2004.