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