Israeli Army Radio said that Israel sent its first delegation to Sudan today, Monday, after the two countries agreed on October 23 to take steps towards establishing normal relations.
Sources involved in planning told Reuters that the visit was scheduled to take place last week, but was delayed for logistical reasons, while Israeli officials could not be contacted for comment.
On the other hand, the Sudanese side did not issue any data regarding what was published by the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation about the visit.
Sudan has become the fifth Arab country to agree to normalize its relations with Israel, after Khartoum and Tel Aviv recently announced their intention to normalize relations between them.
Rejection of normalization
Several Sudanese political forces declared their categorical rejection of normalization with Israel, including the parties participating in the ruling coalition.
It is noteworthy that on October 23, the White House announced that President Donald Trump had signed a decree removing Sudan from the US list of states sponsoring terrorism, and that Khartoum and Tel Aviv had agreed - with American mediation - to normalize relations between them.
A joint American-Sudanese-Israeli statement described the normalization agreement between Sudan and Israel as historic, and considered it a testament to "the bold approach of the four leaders (US President Donald Trump, President of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).