US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he signed on Tuesday a decision to remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, considering that "this opportunity comes once in every generation for the sake of freedom."
"After months of negotiations, I signed an order to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and to ensure compensation for American victims of terrorism and their families," Pompeo said in a tweet on Twitter.
Washington placed Sudan on that list in 1993, for hosting the late leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden.
On the 22nd of last month, the Sudanese government said that Congress approved a law under which Sudan would restore its sovereign immunity;
Follow it up by agreeing to disburse financial grants to pay off debts owed by Khartoum and to support social groups.
A statement by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice stated that Congressional legislation immunizes the country from prosecution before American courts in terrorism cases, after the announcement of removing Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism a few days ago.
The legislation provided for Congress to pay Sudan $ 335 million in compensation for those affected, in exchange for deleting his name from the list as a first step, to be followed by the cancellation of the judicial rulings issued against him in those cases.
The legislation also allows the annulment of all rulings previously issued by US courts in the case of the two embassies, which have fined Sudan $ 10.2 billion, according to the statement.
The Congressional legislation also strikes out all other cases filed against Sudan, including 5 cases filed this year accusing Sudan of supporting the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in acts that affected American citizens residing in Israel, as well as another case filed by American sailors who were aboard the destroyer Cole.