Head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan has denied growing cooperation between Sudan and Israel on security and intelligence after the two countries had exchanges of information.
Burhan clarified his stand in an interview with Sudan’s state-run TV.
The army chief stated that such ties between the former adversaries were not of political nature, adding that only Sudanese security and intelligence officials paid visits to Israel.
He said “Till this moment no prominent political figure paid any visit (to Israel),” added that this exchange of information allowed the country to arrest “many terrorist organizations that could have destabilized the security of Sudan”.
The General, however, did not give further details on the issue.
It is important to note that during recent weeks Sudanese and Israeli officials exchanged visits in various unannounced trips.
It was gathered that the most recent visit was by a Sudanese security delegation in Tel Aviv and a previous visit by Israeli officials, including Mossad agents, to Khartoum in January.
It would be recalled that last October, the then Sudanese justice minister, Nasredeen Abdulbari, and Israeli Cabinet ministers Idan Roll and Edawi Frej held a rare joint public meeting in the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi.
Official records have it that Sudan and Israel normalized ties in 2020 as part of a series of U.S.-brokered deals between Israel and four Arab countries.
It was stated that the agreement paved the way for Sudan to reintegrate into the international community after two decades of isolation under former autocratic President Omar al-Bashir.
