Israel's Netanyahu, Sudan's Burhan Discuss Boosting Ties

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked Sunday with the Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Chadian President Idriss Deby, according to his media office.

"The phone calls tackled strengthening of relations between Israel and the two countries," the statement read.

“Prime Minister Netanyahu discussed with the Sudanese and Chadian leaders ways to continue to strengthen their countries' relations with Israel,” Netanyahu media office stated.

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According to the published statements, Netanyahu, widely known as Bibi, assured that other Islamic countries will establish relations with Israel.

The conversations were held a few hours before the opening of the first hearing of Bib's criminal trial over corruption charges at the Jerusalem District Court.

Netanyahu's Eyes on Africa

In February, the Israeli prime minister met with the Sudanese leader, al- Burhan, during a visit to Uganda, and this surprising meeting sparked widespread controversy in Sudan and the Arab world in general, according to Russia Today report.

Bibi's said that he discussed “normalization” of relations during his meeting with senior Sudanese politicians in Uganda.

The meeting represented a major change in the relations between the two countries, which are theoretically at war.

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Meanwhile, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said that Kampala is studying the possibility of opening an embassy in the occupied Jerusalem.

Such a move was seen at the international level as a statement of support for Israel’s declaration of Jerusalem as its capital, in a possible political victory for Netanyahu.

In January 2019, during the Israeli premier's visit to Chad, he and the Chadian president, Deby, announced the resumption of diplomatic ties for the first time since 1972.

It’s noteworthy that, the Israeli prime minister has appeared in court on Sunday on charges related to bribery, fraud and breach of trust, a week after he was sworn in to head the Israeli government.

Netanyahu stressed that the charges are a politically motivated “campaign of persecution” launched by the media and the left wing to remove him from office, according to his claims.