It will be difficult for Sudan to publicly demonstrate the African country's diplomatic breakthrough with Israel absent a White House signing ceremony, a senior official told Kan public broadcaster.
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The diplomat was explaining Sudan's absence from last week's events celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, with Sudan and Morocco signing on to the agreement later on.
Sudan and Morocco did not hold signing ceremonies at the White House when they joined the Abraham Accords.
The agreement with Sudan was signed in January while then-US Secretary Treasury Steven Mnuchin visited the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
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Sudan did not participate in an online event attended by top diplomats from Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain and hosted by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to mark the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords Friday.
Blinken hailed the normalization of relations that have flourished since the Abraham Accords, saying: "This administration will continue to build on the successful efforts of the last administration to keep normalization marching forward."
He further said US President Joe Biden's administration sought to expand the circle of Arab Muslim nations establishing diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
