'The cooperation between the states will be based on the firm foundations that guide them in forming friendly ties, out of equality and mutual respect,' Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a statement.
The Jewish state does not have relations with Khartoum, which it has accused of serving as a base for Islamic militants, and has instead supported the rebel movement of the mainly Christian and animist south in its decades of struggle against the government in the mostly Muslim north. Read more >>
