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Sudanese Professional Association (SPA), the main body organising demonstrations in the country, yesterday slammed a meeting between the ruling council’s chairman and the Israeli prime minister, Anadolu reported.
Commenting on the meeting between Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan and Benjamin Netanyahu that took place in Uganda on Monday, the SPA said it was a “serious transgression” of Sudan’s transitional authority and the constitution.
“We affirm our complete condemnation and categorical rejection of these practices and any outcomes that resulted from the meeting,” a statement issued by the SPA said.
It also said that the foreign policy and relations of the Sudanese state are within the jurisdiction of the executive authority which is represented by the cabinet.
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“The position of the Sudanese people and their historically stable state is not to deal or normalise with the Israeli entity, in support of the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights to build their full sovereign state,” the statement added.
On Monday, Netanyahu’s office revealed that he met with Al-Burhan in Uganda and that meeting was the “beginning of cooperation leading to normalising ties between the two countries.”
The Sudanese Army spokesman Brigadier Amer Al-Hassan said yesterday that the meeting was “in Sudan’s supreme interests and that it was with the knowledge of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.”