Sudan urges U.S. to remove it from list of countries sponsoring terrorism

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Sudan urges U.S. to remove it from list of countries sponsoring terrorism

(Xinhua) 08:34, September 16, 2013

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KHARTOUM, Sept. 15 -- Khartoum on Sunday demanded the United States to remove Sudan from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism, official SUNA news agency reported.

"Sudan should have been removed from the U.S. list of countries sponsoring terrorism long time ago as there is nothing associating it with terrorism," SUNA quoted Rahamtalla Mohamed Osman, Sudan's foreign ministry undersecretary, as saying.

Osman, who met U.S. Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, on Sunday, noted that "Sudan's record is free of any relations to terrorism, which necessitates the U.S. to fulfill its commitments in this respect and remove Sudan from that list."

He added that the Sudanese government is waiting for the new U. S. envoy to present a comprehensive prospect on his mission.

Osman noted that some trends exaggerated the Abyei issue with the aim to put pressure on Sudan, explaining that the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit have proved during their last summit the ability of the two parties to resolve their issues away from any foreign pressures.

The United States has been including Sudan on its list of countries sponsoring terrorism since 1993.

（Editor：LiangJun、Yao Chun）