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In an sudden choice a number of hours earlier than the US presidential election, President Donald Trump signed an official decree on Monday night time, November 2, extending for one more 12 months the sanctions towards Sudan, which have been positioned on the US blacklist of supporting nations. terrorism.
Based on the White Home press launch signed by Donald TrumpRegardless of the latest optimistic developments from Khartoum, the disaster that arose on account of the actions and insurance policies of the Authorities of Sudan, which led to varied sanctions since 1997, is “nonetheless unresolved”.
The assertion mentioned these actions and insurance policies “proceed to pose an uncommon and explicit menace to US nationwide safety and international coverage.” Subsequently, the US President selected Monday night time that it was essential to renew one other 12 months sanctions towards Sudan.
By the identical decree, Donald Trump additionally prolonged the state of emergency declared in 1997 in the US towards Sudan because of the scenario in Darfur.
Earlier within the day, Donald Trump welcomed in a tweet the truth that Sudan’s new authorities had agreed to pay $ 335 million “to the American victims of terrorism and their households”. As soon as this quantity is paid, “I’ll take away Sudan from the checklist of states that help terrorism”, the US president specifies with out giving a precise date.
Khartoum signed in October final 12 months a peace settlement with the rebellion in Darfur, she agreed to pay the victims of the 1998 assaults in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. She even agreed to normalize, underneath American stress, its relations with Israel … It thus hoped for the lifting of this heavy sanction, which had been in pressure for nearly 30 years, with the intention to regain its dying economic system.
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