Yesterday, Friday, the Sudanese Ministry of Justice said that Khartoum and Washington signed an agreement to restore Sudan's sovereign immunity, which would lead to the settlement of the cases brought against it in US courts.
The ministry added in a statement that among the issues that will be settled under the agreement: the bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, noting that the Khartoum government agreed to pay the victims $ 335 million.
This agreement is part of an American pledge to remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism, a classification dating back to the era of ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, when Washington believed that Khartoum supported militant groups.
US President Donald Trump said - earlier - that he would remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism after transferring compensation worth $ 355 million, which he agreed to pay to Americans who were killed in those attacks or their families.
To avoid any new lawsuits, Sudan needs to regain the sovereign immunity it lost after being included in the list of states sponsoring terrorism, and this classification made it difficult for the Sudanese transitional government to obtain debt relief or external financing.
Sudan also agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the third Arab country after the UAE and Bahrain to establish relations with Israel in the last two months.