According to a senior military official, information exchange between Tel Aviv and Khartoum assisted in the capture of suspected combatants in Sudan.
According to Sudan's military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Western threats of sanctions linked to demonstrations in the nation have been disregarded, and talks between Sudanese and Israeli officials, which he claims are for security cooperation rather than politics, have been discussed.
Burhan stated on Saturday that the United States was getting incorrect information in his first interview on state television since the coup.
Also praising their relations with Israel, he said that intelligence cooperation between the two erstwhile foes had assisted in the detention of suspected fighters in his nation.
In October last year, Burhan spearheaded a military coup that halted a civilian-military collaboration that had been intended to lead to democratic elections. The coup was strongly criticized by the international world, and protesters have been on the streets for months since.
Officials from the United States have said that they are considering measures for responding to the deaths of at least 79 protestors, according to a toll compiled by medics, as well as efforts to obstruct civilian-led administration.
According to Burhan, "sanctions and the fear of sanctions are counterproductive." He also said that he assumed personal responsibility for the investigations into protester fatalities, noting that five or six investigations were now underway.
He also said that there were allegations of participation by "other entities," but did not provide any details.
Sudan and Israel normalized their ties in 2020 as part of a series of agreements between Israel and four Arab nations that were facilitated by the United States.
Since then, the two nations have developed security and intelligence cooperation, with officials from both countries meeting on a regular basis in unannounced visits.
According to the president of Sudan's governing Sovereign Council, the information sharing has helped the country to disband and arrest suspected armed organizations that "may have jeopardized the security of Sudan and the surrounding area."
Israel has been deafeningly silence on Sudan's military coup in October and the accompanying protests, signaling that it wishes to preserve normalized relations with the country.
Sudanese and Israeli officials paid each other unexpected visits in recent weeks, according to reports. Among the most recent visits was that of a Sudanese security mission to Tel Aviv last week, which followed a visit by Israeli officials, including Mossad intelligence operatives, to Khartoum earlier this year.
In October, the then-Sudanese justice minister, Nasredeen Abdulbari, and Israeli cabinet members Idan Roll and Edawi Frej met in Abu Dhabi for the first time in a public setting for the first time in over two decades.
Sudan's reintegration into the international world after two decades of isolation under previous President Omar al-Bashir was made possible by the normalization of relations with Israel.
Sudan was formerly considered one of Israel's most formidable adversaries in the Arab world. After the 1967 Middle East conflict, it held a historic Arab meeting, during which eight Arab nations declared that they would never make peace with Israel in the future.
SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES
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