Netanyahu says Israeli airliners have began overflying Sudan

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Netanyahu says Israeli airliners have began overflying Sudan

JERUSALEM, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Israeli business planes have began overflying Sudan, Prime Minister B


JERUSALEM, Feb 16 (Reuters)Israeli business planes have began overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned on Sunday, casting the brand new air hall as the results of a breakthrough assembly with the African Muslim nation’s de-facto chief this month.

Khartoum mentioned on Feb. 5 it had given Israeli planes preliminary approval to fly over its territory, two days after Sudan’s navy head of state, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met Netanyahu in Uganda.

“Now we’re discussing speedy normalisation. The primary Israeli airplane handed yesterday over the skies of Sudan,” Netanyahu mentioned in a speech to U.S. Jewish leaders, saying the route minimize some three hours off flights from Israel to South America.

Sudan, aware of pro-Palestinian sensitivities, has stopped wanting saying it’s normalising ties with Israel.

Israel beforehand thought of Sudan a safety risk as a result of it suspected Iran used Sudan as a conduit for overland smuggling of munitions to the Gaza Strip. In 2009, regional…



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