Hours ago, Israel hailed Sudan's signing the Abraham Accords, U.S.-brokered agreements which have ushered in public rapprochements between Israel and several Arab states.
Hours ago, Sudan quietly signed the accords, which the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco have already signed hailing the prospect of more immediate economic and diplomatic ties with Israel as groundbreaking.
"Sudan's signing of the Abraham Accords is an important step in advancing regional normalization agreements in the Middle East," Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said in a tweet.
Earlier in October, Sudan and Israel announced they would normalize ties, while Khartoum's government had said a final decision would rest with a transitional parliament, which is yet to be formed.
Senior U.S. officials had told Reuters in October that a signing ceremony was expected to be held at the White House.
Just over two months later, the accords were signed quietly in Khartoum on Wednesday by Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdelbari and visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
As part of the initial agreement in October, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to remove Sudan from a U.S. government list of countries promoting terrorism, a process that was completed last month.
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