Khartoum, Sudan: A Foreign Ministry spokesman has reportedly been fired over “unauthorized comments” on questions about relations with Israel in Sudan. AFP news agency quoted Sudan’s state media as saying that a Foreign Ministry spokesman had made “unauthorized remarks” about normalizing relations with Israel, indicating that Sudan was seeking to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. According to a statement from the state-run news agency, “Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din fired Haider Badawi from his post as spokesman for the ministry and head of the media division.” Has there been direct contact between Sudan and Israel, or has Khartoum taken steps to normalize relations with the Jewish state or to sign a peace treaty? In response to a question about Haider Badawi, the spokesman said, “I can’t deny it.” Haider Badawi also told Sky News Arab television that “there is no reason for the continuation of enmity between Sudan and Israel.” Later, Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din said that the Sudanese government had never discussed the question of relations with Israel. Qamar al-Din added in a statement that “the statement of Haider Badawi, the spokesman for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, has taken us by surprise because he is not obliged to … Continue reading Sudan: Foreign Ministry spokesman fired over unauthorized statement of contacts with Israel