Sudan has signed the “Abraham Accords,” becoming the third Arab country to normalize relations with Israel.
Sudan’s Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the agreement on Wednesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on hand for the historic moment, according to the Jerusalem Post. Sudan follows the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in signing the pact and did so ahead of Morocco, which has also begun the normalization process.
Avi Berkowitz, the administration’s special representative for international negotiations, hailed the move in a Wednesday tweet.
“I would like to congratulate Sudan’s Chairman Al Burhan, PM Hamdok, and Minister Abdulbari on today’s historic signing of the #AbrahamAccords,” Berkowitz said. “Their courageous action will strengthen peace and stability in the region and help bring about a better future for its people.”
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok tweeted that Mnuchin was in Khartoum “at a time when our bilateral relations are making historic leaps towards a better future. We plan to take concrete steps today to inaugurate the entry of our bilateral relations.”
In October, President Trump announced that the United States was removing Sudan from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism, paving the way for Khartoum’s agreement with Jerusalem.
The United Arab Emirates, followed by Bahrain, both decided to make history and sign treaties with Israel earlier this year. They were the first Arab countries to do so in more than a quarter of a century, after Jordan (1994) and Egypt (1979).
