KHARTOUM (Dispatches) – The Sudanese foreign ministry expressed its rejection of the African Commission’s decision to grant the Zionist regime observer status in the African Union, despite establishing diplomatic ties with the occupying regime last year.
Khartoum’s foreign ministry said its stance was clear regarding the regime’s observer status, protesting that the decision was made without consulting member states.
“This is a rejected approach and contradicts the efforts and principles of the African Union and it undermines the spirit of cooperation, mutual respect and consensus,” a ministry statement said.
Sudan and the occupying regime normalized ties last year, but efforts to act on this agreement have been slow.
The African Union’s 39th regular session kicked off Thursday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and lasted on Friday.
In July, the Zionist regime was granted official observer status at the African Union.
The move sparked outrage among a number of African Union countries, including Algeria, South Africa and Namibia, and was condemned by Palestinians on numerous occasions.
The move came as the Hebrew-language Maariv newspaper reported that Zionist officials are worried that Sudan could gradually withdraw from the normalization agreement.
Maariv said Washington has put pressure on Sudanese officials to formally sign the final agreement.
Sudan’s Popular Congress Party, the second most prominent component of the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) political coalition, said in a statement that Sudanese people were not obligated to accept the normalization deal.
Sudan’s former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi also slammed the announcement, adding that he withdrew from a government-organized conference at the time in protest.