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Pompeo talks Israel, democracy, Nile Dam with Sudanese leaders

Sudan's prime minister said his transitional government lacks the authority to establish relations with Israel and Sudan should be removed from the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism regardless.

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (unseen) after meeting in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2020. - Pompeo arrived in Israel kicking off a five-day visit to the Middle East which will take him to Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, focusing on Israel's normalising of ties with the UAE and pushing other Arab states to follow suit. — Photo by DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Sudan’s relations with Israel in a visit to Khartoum on Tuesday, but normalization between the two countries may not happen so fast.

Pompeo spoke to Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in a meeting Hamdok described as “direct and transparent.” The two discussed the possibility of the United States removing Sudan from the state sponsors of terror list and Sudan’s transition to democracy after the deposition of long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir last year, according to the state-run Sudan News Agency.

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