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United States dangles Sudan to reintegrate into international arena

2020-10-21T18:01:31.717Z


STORY - Donald Trump has pledged to remove Khartoum from the list of states that support terrorism, while Sudanese authorities pledge to compensate American victims of attacks in 1998.


Two weeks before the ballot where he is playing his re-election, Donald Trump tries a transactional diplomacy move, which is the only one he likes.

It's an exchange between America and Sudan.

America says it wants to remove Sudan from its blacklist of countries supporting terrorism, a list that prevents Khartoum from accessing international financial markets, where the dollar still rules.

In exchange, Sudan agreed to compensate the families of the American victims of the terrorist attacks against the United States embassies in Nairobi (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), committed on August 7, 1998. The amount of these compensation was fixed by American justice a long time ago.

"Excellent news!

Sudan's new government, which is making real progress, has agreed to pay $ 335 million to American victims of terrorism and their families.

Once paid, I will remove Sudan from the list of states supporting terrorism, ”

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Source: lefigaro

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