Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen (L) exchanging a document with Sudanese Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim during their meeting in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo: Arye Shalicar / Israeli Intelligence Ministry handout. Israel’s Intelligence Minister visited Sudan on Monday in the first visit of its kind since the African nation officially normalized ties with the Jewish state earlier this month. The Agence France-Pressereported that Minister Eli Cohen met in Khartoum with the de facto head of state Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim. The Intelligence Ministry said a memorandum on diplomatic, security, and economic issues was signed by Cohen and Ibrahim, and that intelligence cooperation was discussed.