Netanyahu-El Burhan meeting: Sudanese respond

First official referenceAfter a week’s news of the joint meeting of Abd al-Fatah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Sudanese leader first responds to the rare diplomatic move: “I have done this to maintain the security of Sudan and to the interests of my people. Relations with Israel are the responsibility of the concerned institutions accordingly. “Our position on the Palestinian issue remains in line with the Arab consensus – Palestinians have the right to an independent state.”

Recall last night that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan’s sovereign council chairman Abd al-Fatah Albarhan were scheduled in Entebbe, Uganda, under the invitation of Ugandan Republican President Yweri Kaguta Mussawani. According to the publications, the two agreed to start a normalization of relations between the two countries As there is currently no diplomatic relationship between Israel and Sudan.

Meanwhile, media outlets in Sudan have reported extensively on the meeting, including the statement by government ministers that they have not received an update on the meeting between the leaders. The newspaper Al Mehir a-Siyasi wrote in the headline: “Al Burhan removed the fence and met with Netanyahu,” adding that the opposition forces have questioned the very existence of the meeting. Other newspapers directly cited Netanyahu’s announcement, another newspaper headlined: “Sudan and Israel towards normalizing relations.”