Trump says to remove Sudan from state sponsors of terrorism list
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would remove Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list after Sudan pays US$335 million (FJ$ 715.71 m) to American victims. “GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making g reat progress, agreed to pay US$335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once de posited, I will lift Sudan fr om the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!” Mr Trump tweeted. Citing U.S. officials, media reported that Sudan’s removal from the list paves the way for the normalisation of bilateral ties between the Arab state and Israel, which Mr Trump would tout as another foreign policy achievement as the presidential election less than three weeks away. Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in August urged the U.S. administration to separate between the process of removing Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism and the issue of normalisation of bilateral relations with
Israel.
The U.S. listed Sudan as one of the countries sponsoring terrorism in 1993.
Since the ouster of former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, the pace of rapprochement between Khartoum and Washington has been accelerating despite many outstanding issues.