Sudan signs Abraham Accords with US

Cairo - Signing comes over two months after Trump announced normalisation of African country's ties with Israel.

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By AP

Published: Wed 6 Jan 2021, 5:37 PM

Last updated: Wed 6 Jan 2021, 6:23 PM

Sudan on Wednesday said it signed the Abraham Accords with the U.S., paving the way for the African country to normalize ties with Israel.

A statement from the office of Sudan’s prime minister said Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the accord Wednesday with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

The recent US-negotiated deals between Arab countries and Israel have been a major foreign policy achievement by President Donald Trump’s administration.

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The signing came just over two months after Trump announced that Sudan would start to normalise ties with Israel.

Before Sudan, the Trump administration engineered diplomatic pacts late last year between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain.

The agreements are all with countries that are geographically distant from Israel.

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Published: Wed 6 Jan 2021, 5:37 PM

Last updated: Wed 6 Jan 2021, 6:23 PM

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