Tehran and Khartoum thus complete the process to restore their relations that began in October.
Jul 22. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The governments of Iran and Sudan exchanged ambassadors on Sunday, eight years after their diplomatic rupture, thus completing the process to reestablish their bilateral relations that began in October 2023 in a context marked by the need to increase their respective international support in the face of tensions in the Middle East for Tehran and clashes with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for Khartoum.
The head of the Army and president of the Sovereign Transitional Council, Abdelfatá al Burhan, met this Sunday with the Sudanese ambassador to Tehran, Abdelaziz Hasán Saleh, and received the credentials of the Iranian ambassador to Khartoum, Hasán Sha Hoseini, according to the Sudanese news agency SUNA.
Hoseini stressed that he would do everything possible to improve bilateral relations between the two countries and support national sovereignty, unity and integrity of Sudan, while Khartoum said that this event marks the beginning of a new stage in relations between the two nations.
Al Burhan also met with the ambassador to South Sudan, Essam Karar, who will try to improve relations in various fields with Juba.
Sudan broke off relations with the Iranian authorities in 2016 in protest against the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran during demonstrations over the execution of a prominent Saudi Shiite cleric. Bahrain also announced the end of diplomatic ties, following in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, which announced the day before that it was breaking off already tense relations with Iran.
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