Sudan Rejects Tying Its Removal From US Terrorism List To Fixing Its Relationship With Israel

FILE PHOTO: Sudan's Prime Minister in the transitional government Abdalla Hamdok addresses people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir, at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum . © Reuters/MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH

Reuters: Sudan rejects linking removal from U.S. terrorism list with Israel ties

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan does not want to link its removal from a U.S. terrorism list that is hindering access to foreign funding for the country’s economy with a normalisation of relations with Israel, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Saturday.

Sources said this week that U.S. officials indicated in talks with a Sudanese delegation they wanted Khartoum to follow the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain and open ties with Israel.

Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism dates back to its toppled ruler Omar al-Bashir, and makes it difficult for its new transitional government to access urgently needed debt relief and foreign financing.

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More News On Sudan Rejecting The Tying Of Its Removal From US Terrorism List To Fixing Its Relationship With Israel

Sudan’s PM rebuffs tying Israel relations with removal from US terrorism list -- Times of Israel
Sudan rejects linking removal from US terrorism list with Israel -- Al Jazeera
Price too big to pay? Sudan rejects tying its removal from US terrorism list to fixing relations with Israel -- RT

Sudan's New Foreign Minister Says Removal From U.S. Terror List Is Her Top Priority

Sudanese Foreign Minister Asmaa Abdalla (right) with her Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Khartoum on September 9, 2019. AFP

Al Jazeera: Sudan top diplomat says removal from US terror list top priority

Asmaa Abdalla, Sudan's first female foreign minister, says Khartoum welcomes financial support without interference.

Asmaa Abdalla has barely been Sudan's foreign minister for 24 hours, but she already has no doubts about her top priority: removing the country from the United States' list of state sponsors of "terrorism".

In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday, shortly after being sworn in as part of Sudan's new cabinet, Abdalla acknowledged that while the country faced "many" challenges, its removal from the list would lead to a desperately needed economic revival in the post-Omar al-Bashir era.

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Update: Egypt wants Sudan off US terror list (Washington Post)

WNU Editor: Egypt is working behind the scenes .... Egypt working with Washington to remove Sudan from terror list (The National).

U.S. To Lift Sanctions On Sudan

Washington Post: U.S. lifts sanctions on Sudan, ending two decades of embargo

The United States permanently lifted a raft of sanctions on Sudan on Friday, saying the African nation had begun addressing concerns on fighting terrorism as well as human rights abuses against civilians in the country’s Darfur region.

The decision to lift the sanctions and end an economic embargo against Sudan comes after the Trump administration last month removed it from the list of countries whose citizens are subject to travel restrictions. Sudan was the only country that was removed.

But the decision leaves other sanctions in place for the time being, including those against individuals with arrest warrants related to atrocities committed during the conflict in Darfur. And it does not remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, a removal ardently sought by Sudan. A separate review is underway on that designation.

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More News On Reports That The U.S. Is Lift Sanctions On Sudan

US eases economic sanctions on Sudan -- The Guardian
US eases Sudan economic and trade sanctions -- Aljazeera.com
Sudan sanctions: US lifts most economic restrictions after two decades -- BBC
US to lift sanctions on Sudan -- CNN
US Lifts Economic Sanctions on Sudan -- Voice of America
Trump Moves to Lift Most Sudan Sanctions -- Bloomberg
US lifts two-decade economic embargo on Sudan -- Sudan Tribune
US Finally Lifts Sudan Sanctions, Citing Better Cooperation on Counterterrorism -- Foreign Policy
What does lifting of US sanctions against Sudan mean? -- Arab News

Why Is The CIA Providing Aid To Sudan, A State That Has Been Branded A State Sponsor Of Terror By Washington

CIA Training Sudan's Spies As Obama Officials Fight Over Policy -- Spy Talk/Washington Post

American officials may be at odds over U.S. policy toward Sudan, but the CIA is soldiering on there.

The East African regime is not just an international pariah for its genocidal track record in the western region of Darfur, it’s officially been branded by Washington as a terrorist state, in part for its past harboring of Islamist radicals, including Osama bin Laden in the 1990s.

Despite that, the CIA is continuing to train and equip Sudan’s intelligence service in the name of fighting terrorism.

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My Comment: So we are now helping governments that are labeled as state sponsors of terror .... as well as committing genocide in Darfur.

With allies like this .... who needs enemies.