The Israeli Foreign Minister met with the Chairman of the Autonomy Council, Abdul Fattah al-Barhan


Israel and Sudan will sign a peace agreement in Washington within months, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced.


Cohen said the text of the agreement was finalized during his visit to Khartoum and a meeting with the head of the Autonomy Council, Abdul Fattah al-Barhan.


Sudan has agreed to normalize relations with Israel, but the two sides have yet to sign an agreement.


The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco formally normalized relations with Israel in 2020, known as the "Abraham Accords", which took place under the auspices of the United States.

Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, followed by Jordan in 1994.

The peace agreement with Sudan is of symbolic importance, as Khartoum was the seat of the Arab League meeting in 1967, when members voted not to recognize Israel.


Sudan's foreign ministry said al-Barhan and Cohen discussed "ways to build fruitful relations with Israel" and "increase cooperation in the fields of agriculture, energy, health, water and education, as well as the security and military sectors." Focused."


The statement did not mention the signing of the peace agreement.

Sudan announced two years ago that it had agreed to normalize relations with Israel.


The Palestinians saw the growing number of Arab countries establishing relations with Israel as a betrayal of their cause.


Arab countries have always emphasized the need to withdraw from territories occupied in the 1967 war with Israel and establish a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as a condition for peace talks with the Israeli side.


After returning Thursday evening, Cohen said his visit to Khartoum was "with the consent of the United States."


He added that the visit "lays the foundation for a historic peace agreement with a strategic Arab and Muslim country. A peace agreement between Israel and Sudan will promote regional stability and contribute to the national security of the State of Israel." "


Cohen said the signing ceremony is expected after the transition of power to a civilian government in Sudan.