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Sudan says US reneged on promise to lift curbs | ||||
2012-11-03 | ||||
KHARTOUM: Sudan has accused the US of reneging on commitments to remove sanctions, after Washington extended the 15-year-old trade restrictions.
Sudan's Foreign Ministry called the US sanctions "basically political," with the aim of hindering the country's development. It said the embargo benefits armed rebel groups while violating international law. "Many times the American administration agreed that Sudan is meeting its commitments but they are always retreating from their promises to remove the sanctions," the ministry said in a statement. "The Sudanese government repeats its strong rejection of the sanctions renewal and strongly condemns the behavior of the American administration." From 1991 to 1996 Sudan hosted Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan by US Navy SEALS last year. The US State Department continues to list Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism but, in a July report, said Khartoum was "a cooperative counterterrorism partner" last year. Except for Hamas, the government "does not openly support the presence of terrorist elements within its borders," the report said.
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