But the deal appears to fall short of full diplomatic ties, since there was no mention of opening embassies in the others’ capitals, as Israel is planning to do with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The state of Israel and the Republic of Sudan have agreed to make peace.

This is an incredible deal for Israel and Sudan.

For decades, Sudan has been at a state of war with Israel.

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday that Israel and Sudan have opened economic ties as a pathway toward normalized relations, with Sudan becoming the third Arab state to formally set aside hostilities in recent weeks as the president looks to score a final foreign policy achievement ahead of the election.

The deal, however, appeared to stop short of establishing full diplomatic recognition between the two countries, as Israel recently has with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain — despite Mr.

Announcing the deal in the Oval Office — while on a conference call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Sudan’s civilian and military leaders, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan — Mr.

Trump did not respond when asked if the accord amounted to full diplomatic normalization between Sudan and Israel.

A joint statement from all three countries that was released by the White House made no mention of Sudan and Israel opening embassies in one another’s capitals, and a senior Trump administration official said doing so has not been a part of the negotiations.

A senior Sudanese official said his government had bowed to months of American pressure over Israel, despite fears of a domestic backlash, in return for Sudan’s removal from an American list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Netanyahu trumpeted Israel’s new ties with Sudan as “another dramatic breakthrough for peace, another Arab country joining the peace circle.”.

Hamdok welcomed the American decision to take Sudan off the terrorism list, but made no mention of his country’s move toward Israel.

For Israel, the warming with Sudan is a largely symbolic achievement, partnering with an impoverished Arab country that holds little sway across the Middle East.

But for Sudan’s fragile transitional government, which came to power after the ouster last year of longtime dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir, normalization with Israel constitutes a significant gamble.

Support for the Palestinians remains strong inside the country, and Sudanese officials have privately complained of being railroaded into a deal over Israel that was driven by American political interests, at a time when Sudan is struggling to get onto its feet.

The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, blasted Sudan’s move toward normalization, while another senior Palestinian official called it a “new stab in the back.”.

Worried that the growing economic crisis could destabilize or even collapse the government, and derail Sudan’s transition to democracy, civilian officials dropped their opposition to ties with Israel in return for removal from the U.S.

As part of the deal for coming off the list, Sudan has agreed to pay $335 million in compensation to victims of the 1998 bombings of U.S.

But tensions quickly erupted between Sudan’s military leaders, who appeared to broadly favor normalization, and civilian leaders under Mr?

As Sudan’s economic crisis worsened in August, though, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew to Khartoum to press the case for normalization again.