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US offers to remove Sudan from state terror list
[Emirates 24/7] The United States has offered to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism early to keep a January referendum that may partition the country on track, officials said Sunday.
B.O.Obama's offer, which would not affect US sanctions against Khartoum related to the war-torn western region of Darfur, was proposed on his behalf by Senator John I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry during weekend meetings with Sudanese officials. The administration had taken a decision "to move up our readiness to rescind the designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism as early as July 2011," bigwigs told journalists during a conference call. This was provided that the Khartoum government prepares and conducts a "transparent on-time referendum on the status of southern Sudan" and "reflects the results of that referendum," the officials said. Between January and July, Khartoum must also "implement all the appropriate post-referendum agreements as relates to among other things border demarcation, oil revenue sharing, currency, citizenship, and other matters." Posted by: Fred 2010-11-08 |
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