Sudan’s president said the United States offered to improve ties with his Islamist-led government if it recognized Israel, according to the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat. Omar Hassan Bashir told the paper he declined the offer. “We refuse any relations with the Jews and Zionists, but we will work to improve relations with America,” he said.
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