Today, Tuesday, the Sudanese capital will receive US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after his visit to Israel, in the midst of diplomatic moves taking place in Khartoum to define the features of its regional and international relations.

Prior to announcing the US minister's visit, the Emirati ambassador to Khartoum, Hamad Muhammad Al-Junaibi, met with a member of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Yasser Al-Atta, and discussed bilateral relations and many common files, according to a press release.

Khartoum is also awaiting the arrival of the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan.

This comes after Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok met last Sunday, Qatari Mutlaq Al-Qahtani, the Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Settlement of Disputes, and discussed the progress of the Sudanese peace negotiations in Juba. Hamdok also thanked the Qatari envoy and emphasized the strengthening of friendship and brotherhood bonds between the two countries.

It seemed that the recent Emirati-Israeli rapprochement opened the door wide for Sudan to move, even from behind a veil, to dust off his first step taken by the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, in early February when he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Entebbe, Ugandan, with the encouragement of the US Secretary of State, who was Burhan phone days before this meeting.

Today, Pompeo lands in Khartoum, his second leg directly after Tel Aviv, in the context of a tour that includes Bahrain and the Emirates, after the latter signed the Abraham Agreement with Tel Aviv under the auspices of the US President, Donald Trump, according to which a public relationship will be established between the two parties.

The US State Department said in a statement on Sunday that its minister will discuss with the leaders of Sudan his country's support for the civilian-led transitional government, in addition to expressing Washington's support for deepening the relationship between Khartoum and Tel Aviv.

The talks are also expected to discuss the acceleration of removing Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism, in addition to America's support for peace in this country.

Normalization with Israel

However, the file of normalization between Khartoum and Tel Aviv currently collides with a widespread rejection adopted by the political incubator of the government (the coalition of forces of freedom and change), who held an emergency meeting Monday night with the Prime Minister, and conveyed to him his position rejecting any rapprochement with Israel.

A statement issued by the coalition - after the meeting - clarified that normalization is among the issues that an elected government should decide on, and that it is not among the tasks of the transitional government.

Political analyst Ammar Awad Sharif believes that the file of relations with Israel is not the main one in Pompeo's visit to Khartoum, especially that the path of normalization can be discussed in many places, not including the Pompeo meeting, the proof, and he adds, "But perhaps if Pompeo hears good signals from Khartoum about normalization, it can be." Advanced steps contribute to pushing forward other issues of concern to Sudan. "

In his speech to Al-Jazeera Net, he confirms that Pompeo's visit paves the way for a new and solid relationship between Khartoum and Washington, especially as it comes after the minister’s discussions in capitals that are an ally of America, which means - as he says - that Khartoum also has become an important ally of the United States.

The political analyst points out that the talks with Pompeo will allow Khartoum to discuss the file of Sudan's continued existence on the list of states sponsoring terrorism, as this file tops the huge compensation that Khartoum should pay to the victims of the bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar Al-Salam in 1998, where Sudan is accused of providing A cover for Al Qaeda, which claimed responsibility for the attacks.

He confirms that Washington also wants to remove China from the Sudanese arena and expand its commercial activities in Africa after the previous regime opened the door for Beijing to penetrate Africa at the expense of the United States, adding, "This is an important file that will be discussed in these discussions."