Sudan, Israel agree to move forward with 'normalisation'

Sudan and Israel on Thursday agreed to move forward with "normalisation," the Sudanese foreign ministry said during a visit to Khartoum by Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.

It was the first by an Israeli official formally acknowledged by Sudan, although there have been a series of exchanges between officials from the two countries in recent years.

"It has been agreed to move forward towards the normalisation of relations between the two countries," the Sudanese foreign ministry said in a statement.

Cohen and Sudan's sovereign council head General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan discussed deepening cooperation between the two countries in security and military matters, as well as in agriculture, energy, health, water and education, Burhan's office said in a statement.

Agencies