JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that an Israeli aircraft made a historic first flight over Sudan just two weeks after he met with the Arab state’s leader in Uganda. ADVERTISEMENTNetanyahu touted his meeting with the Sudanese leader as yet another foreign relations accomplishment ahead of March 2’s parliamentary elections, Israel’s third in a year. An Israeli government official said the plane was “a private Israeli executive jet,” not a flight with Israel’s national carrier El Al. Longtime Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted in a 2019 military coup amid pro-democracy protests. Netanyahu’s meeting with Burhan was kept secret until after the fact due to sensitivities of the Sudanese leader meeting with the prime minister of Israel.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 16, 2020 22:52 UTC