Perhaps the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was not surprised by the Sudanese government's position, which conveyed to him the unwillingness to go far with regard to normalization with Israel, a decision he received from Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, however Pompeo raised the same file with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah. the proof.
However, the official statement issued by the Sovereignty Council's media went beyond the reference to Pompeo and Burhan raising the file of normalization with Israel, and stated that the latter asked the American guest to remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, and that he expressed satisfaction with Washington's support for change in Sudan.
On the other hand, the US State Department highlighted in a statement about the meeting that Pompeo and Al-Burhan "discussed regional issues of common interest, including the continuous deepening of bilateral relations between Israel and Sudan." It also indicated that Pompeo spoke with Burhan about the importance of the army's continued support for the civilian-led transitional government. Sudan’s path towards democracy.
No mandate,
and the Sudanese Prime Minister told his guest in their bilateral meeting that the transitional phase is led by a broad coalition with a specific agenda to complete the transition process and achieve peace and stability in the country, leading to free elections. He added, according to a statement from the Minister of Information, "The transitional government does not have a mandate beyond these tasks to report on normalization with Israel, and that this matter is decided upon after the transitional government bodies are completed."
Muhammad Wadaa, a leader in the Baath Party, a member of the Freedom and Change Alliance, believes that raising the issue of normalization with Israel at the Burhan and Pompeo meeting - after Hamdok’s statement rejecting the move - requires formal clarifications from the Sovereignty Council and the Burhan team to explicitly state his position, especially since these statements - as he says Farewell to Al Jazeera Net- Reflects the existence of two different wills running the country with an extremely dangerous file in which international pressures include a stick, carrot and dictations.
It does not rule out that the transitional government’s position on normalization will raise more tension between the military and civilian components, especially since the atmosphere between them has been fraught for days after the recent quarrels over army investments.
The demands of proof
, according to a statement from the US State, the Minister discussed at the meeting with Prime Minister of Sudan , " the continued support of the United States , the interim government civilian - led, and noted that the name of the Sudan , the abolition of the classification of state sponsors of terrorism remains a bilateral priority crucial for both countries, as discussed" developments Positivity in the Sudanese-Israeli relations. "
According to a high-ranking diplomatic source who spoke to Al-Jazeera Net, the United States does not intend to directly suggest that normalization between Khartoum and Tel Aviv is the clear opposite of removing Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, but it sees the Sudanese-Israeli rapprochement as a strong impetus for it to accelerate the taking of this decision, based on the fact that Israel It is the biggest ally of Washington.
Therefore, the transitional government's decision to prevent normalization may have a strong influence on other files, which is what pushes the soldiers in the authority, according to the source, to work to achieve rapprochement with Tel Aviv out of sight, similar to what Al-Burhan did when he met in Uganda with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and justified the move as It was "for the greater good."
Observers believe that the proof conveyed to Pompeo the need for Washington to fulfill a package of demands in exchange for Khartoum's rapprochement with Israel, including providing economic aid to Sudan and supporting debt relief in the Paris Club and international financial funds, in addition to removing him from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism as soon as possible.
Positions of partisan forces,
but the visions and movements of the military towards Israel collide with the rejection of partisan forces that are partners in the Alliance for Freedom and Change, led by the National Umma Party, the Communist Party, and the Baath forces. This is exactly what a US State Department official said to reporters shortly after Pompeo left Khartoum, where he said, "We have achieved a lot. There is progress in our meetings today with the leadership of Sudan, and these talks will continue for the coming weeks. There are some left-wing political forces in Sudan that are more concerned with ideology than with the welfare of the people of Sudan. "
"Sudan is in the process of opening up, and Israel is in this atmosphere - as it should be - and we will continue the talks for the coming weeks," he added.
The professor of political science at Neelain University, Musab Muhammad Ali, attributes the forces of freedom and change to normalization to the fact that their internal components are fundamentally incompatible with the move, and in his interview with Al-Jazeera Net, he refers to a major internal division regarding rapprochement with Israel, where the impact of this rejection casts its shadow on the external relations of Sudan.
Guarantees for the military
and Ali points out that the military component - which is a partner in the transitional government - views the issue of normalization as an entry point for lifting Sudan from the list of terrorism and ending the sanctions imposed on it, at a time when Washington is working to make the file of normalization in the Middle East successful before its presidential elections as a deal President Trump seeks to achieve Its basis is to win the lobby influencing governance in the United States.
"Therefore, it is possible to provide guarantees for the military in order to fully assume power in Sudan, and to provide regional sponsorship for that, economic support, and strengthen their rule," he added.
Wadia agrees with Ali that Washington’s moves to the path of normalization are mainly driven to gain comfort in the upcoming US elections, and it is not excluded that the position of the Forces of Freedom and Change, which rejects rapprochement with Israel, gives the military side greater opportunity for rapprochement with Washington and perhaps taking over power at some point, but he points out that this The choice is fraught with many dangers, including being considered in international circles a military coup against a civilian authority, and thus it does not enjoy any recognition at the regional or global levels.
And he continues, "If freedom and change regained its awareness, role, and street confidence, it could be the strongest party in the political equation, and the winning ball would be the mediator of the contract between the ruling military and civilian components."