President Omar al-Bashir speaks during a meeting in El-Fasher, in North Darfur on April 1, 2016. PHOTO | AFP
The Sudanese government has objected to the US administration
extending the economic sanctions for three more months, describing it as
unjustified.
Foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour told
the press in Khartoum Wednesday that the decision was based on
fabricated reports and unfounded doubts by some American lobbies working
against Sudan.
He stressed that Khartoum had fully
committed to the implementation of the US conditions of the five-track
deal, topped by the cooperation in the war against terrorism.
"We
are regretting this decision after the long engagement and dialogue
between us and the Americans. American and international monitors have
witnessed the full implementation of the five-track agreement," the
minister emphasised.
US President Donald Trump has decided to extend by three more months, the final decision on the lifting of the Sudan sanctions.
The
US Department of State said in a press release on Wednesday that the
decision was to allow more time to implement the five-track deal, agreed
earlier between Washington and Khartoum.
The deal
includes the cooperation with the US in addressing regional conflicts
and the threat of terrorism, cessation of hostilities in conflict areas
in Sudan, improving humanitarian access throughout Sudan, support for
the peace process in South Sudan and the cooperation in the combating of
the Ugandan rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
The Sudanese chief diplomat strongly objected to any additional conditions by the US.
He further mocked the US demand of monitoring the human rights and religious freedoms in the country.
"The
situations of human rights was not part of the five-track deal and they
all know that the rights of the Sudanese people were already
maintained, but these are the fabricated reports of the lobby group
working against Sudan," the minister said.
The US has
added more conditions related to the improvement of the human rights and
religious freedom in Sudan, in addition to the commitment by Khartoum
to the UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea.
Last
January, the administration of former US President Barak Obama decided
to temporarily ease the two-decades sanctions as Khartoum committed to
the five track deal within six months.
The US imposed the unilateral economic sanctions on Sudan in 1997.
Khartoum remains on the US list of the countries accused of sponsoring terrorism since 1993.
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