President Trump's policy to de-designate Sudan's state sponsor of terrorism October 20, 9:24
President Donald Trump has announced that he will lift the designation of a state sponsor of terrorism, saying that the Sudanese government has agreed to pay compensation for past terrorist attacks targeting the US embassy in Africa.
It seems that President Trump wants to support the normalization of diplomatic relations between Sudan and Israel, which is mediated by the administration, by removing the designation.
President Donald Trump told his Twitter account on the 19th over the 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Kenya and Tanzania, saying, "The Sudanese government will pay compensation for terrorist victims and bereaved families. As
soon as the payment is confirmed, the designation of the terrorism support nation will be canceled. "
The amount of compensation is 335 million dollars, which is more than 35.3 billion yen in Japanese yen.
The U.S. government has determined that the case was the crime of al-Qaeda, an international terrorist organization, and has sought compensation for hiding Osama bin Laden, who was planning to commit the crime by the Sudanese government, which had been designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. ..
The Trump administration is mediating the improvement of relations between Israel and the Arab countries, and is also urging Sudan, a member of the Arab League, to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel.
President Trump seems to want to help Sudan respond to the normalization of diplomatic relations with Israel by removing it from the designation of a state sponsor of terrorism.
Prime Minister Sudan "I'm looking forward to the official release"
Sudan's Prime Minister Hamdok welcomed him by posting on his Twitter account, "Thanks to President Trump. I look forward to the official de-designation of a terrorist-supporting nation that has placed a heavy burden on Sudan."
In Sudan, the Bashir administration, which had been in conflict with the United States for many years in a military coup d'etat last April, collapsed, and the military and civilians are now under joint governance, urging the United States to lift its designation as a state sponsor of terrorism. It was.