Sudan set to leave US blacklist

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Negotiations concerning the withdrawal of Sudan from the American list of states supporting terrorism continue.

A vital withdrawal for the country's economy, but one voice suggests a quick and positive outcome: that of Donald Trump.

On Twitter, the American president assured Monday evening, October 19, an imminent agreement.

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», Writes the American president.

According to Donald Trump, the new Sudanese government has agreed to pay 335 million dollars to the American victims and their families, of the terrorist attacks perpetrated in 1998 against the embassies of Kenya and Tanzania ... As soon as the sum is paid, the United States United will remove Sudan from the list.

The announcement very quickly prompted a response from Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok: “ 

 The European Union has also welcomed this “

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Thank you so much, President Trump!

We very much look forward to your official notification to Congress rescinding the designation of Sudan as a state-sponsor of terrorism, which has cost Sudan too much.

https://t.co/GeScTPfb0k

  Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) October 19, 2020

Removal from this list should in particular allow Sudan to re-access loans and international aid.

An important step forward for Sudan which is affected by an economic crisis.

Sudan was placed on the American blacklist in 1993. At the time, Omar al-Bashir was accused of supporting Islamist networks including Al-Qaeda responsible for the 1998 attacks which caused the death of more than 200 people.

had allowed the opening of discussions between Washington and the new Sudanese authorities.

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