Trump removes Sudan from the terrorism list
On Friday, US President Donald Trump spoke jointly with the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council in Sudan, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdok, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A joint statement said that Trump, Burhan, Hamdok and Netanyahu discussed today Sudan's historic progress towards democracy and advancing peace in the region.the statement added, "The leaders of Israel, America and Sudan agreed to start economic and trade relations, with an initial focus on agriculture."The statement said Washington would take steps to restore Sudan's immunity and ease its debt burden.
The US President said that there are 5 countries willing to join peace with Israel, and we expect many countries to join the peace agreements within weeks or months.
Today, Israel and Sudan agreed to start economic and trade relations, and Trump, Burhan, Hamdok and Netanyahu discussed the future of relations.
Trump said, "Sudan is determined to establish normal relations with Israel, making it the third Arab country to do so in the period leading up to election day"adding that the leaders of Sudan and Israel would come to Washington to sign the peace.
Meanwhile , the Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council announced that US President Donald Trump officially signed the decision to remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism.
The Sovereignty Council said in a statement that the signing was carried out by Trump, and the statement published on the council’s official page described this day as “a historic day for Sudan.”
Trump said in a tweet on his official Twitter account on Monday that "the new Sudanese government, which is making tremendous progress, has agreed to pay $ 335 million to the victims of terrorism and their families."
He added, "As soon as the payment is completed, I will delete Sudan from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism."
It is reported that the sums required to compensate the victims of terrorism were transferred to Washington, according to a government source.
Under US law, the US president must formally notify Congress of the decision, and then Congress will have 45 days to review it.
The decision does not need a vote, but a joint veto by the House of Representatives and the Senate can stop it, otherwise it will become effective if it is not objected to during the available review period.
In the mean time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "The circle of peace in the region is expanding rapidly,"
After a call he had with US President Donald Trump, following the announcement of the normalization of relations with Sudan,Netanyahu described the agreement with Sudan as an "exceptional transformation," referring to "a meeting of Israeli and Sudanese delegations soon to discuss trade and agricultural cooperation."
Regarding relations with Abu Dhabi, Netanyahu referred to "the resumption of maritime trade between Israel and the UAE."
On the Tehran file, Netanyahu stressed that "if a new agreement is offered with Iran, it will be welcomed."