Sudan and Israel agree to Normalise Relations

Sudan and Israel agree to Normalise Relations

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – International Relations 

In news

• Recently, in a deal brokered by the USA, Sudan and Israel have agreed to normalise relations to end decades of hostility.

Key takeaways 

• In the initial phase, there will be no exchange of ambassadors or a mutual establishment of embassies.
• With this agreement, Israel will complete the creation of a safety cordon in the Red Sea, which currently includes Egypt, Jordan, South Sudan and Saudi Arabia.
• Sudan has been at war with Israel since its foundation in 1948. 
• It has now become the third country to forge diplomatic relations with Israel in recent times.
• The USA has also brokered diplomatic pacts between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain earlier to normalise their relations.
• The deal would deepen Sudan’s engagement with the West.
• USA has also agreed to remove Sudan from its blacklist of countries accused of sponsoring terrorism.
• The deal is also aimed at unifying Arab countries against their common rival Iran.