JUBA – Sudanese authorities have informed the Trump Administration that the North African country is ready to start normalization talks with Israel, according to a senior foreign ministry official.

This comes after officials in Khartoum last week said the country had agreed to normalize with the Jewish state if certain conditions, including aid, are met in addition to removal of Sudan from a US list of State Sponsor of Terrorism.

Speaking to Sudans Post this afternoon, a senior foreign ministry official said the leader of Transitional Sovereign Council General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had convened a secret meeting last week that was attended by the Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, two members of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), and a representative from the Umma Party.

He said the meeting conducted Friday night agreed by consensus to endorse an immediate normalization talks and wrote to the US government informing it that the country is ready to start talks with Israel.