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“The new government of Sudan, which is making tremendous progress, agreed to pay $ 335 million to the victims of terrorism and their families,” the US president said in a tweet on Twitter.
He added: “Upon payment, I will remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism.” He continued: “Ultimately, justice is for the American people and a big step for Sudan.”
Commenting on this announcement, Sudan Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan expressed his “great appreciation and appreciation for the Sudanese nation to President Donald Trump and the US administration for taking this constructive step to remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. “
He added: “This step confirms the great appreciation of the historical change that has occurred in Sudan and the struggle and sacrifices of the Sudanese people for freedom, peace and justice.”
For his part, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok thanked President Trump for his aspiration to cancel the designation of Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism, a classification that has cost Sudan and seriously harmed it. We look forward to your official notification to Congress.
He continued: “This tweet and this notification to be sent are, in fact, the strongest support for the transition to democracy in Sudan and for the Sudanese people. As we draw closer today to throwing away the heaviest legacy of the old regime, We affirm once again that the Sudanese people are a peace loving people and never have been. In favor of terrorism. “
Sudan’s Information Minister Faisal Mohamed Saleh also spoke about Trump’s announcement, saying: “This is the end of a dark era in Sudan’s history in which the Sudanese people suffered the behavior of an extremist government that killed to the Sudanese people. “
He added: “This era is over … the stage has bent and we are over and we are accepting a new stage which is not easy, but we are happy with it and we will benefit the most from its mistakes.”
Faisal Muhammad Salih emphasized that the Sudanese government has “great efforts … what is required for greater unity, we need all of us to stand together so that our country passes this difficult stage.”
Finance Minister Heba Muhammad Ali said: “The Hamdok government has focused on this file for a long time. We welcome the American step that we have been waiting for a long time and we have seriously worked on.”
The minister revealed to “Sky News Arabia” that the amount Trump spoke of “exists and that the technical mechanism for transferring funds is almost complete … while we await some small diplomatic details.”
He concluded by saying that this step “will allow the flow of US investments and loans from the world banking system and will attract remittances from Sudanese expatriates.”
Under US law, the president must formally notify Congress of the decision and Congress will have 45 days to review it.
The resolution does not need a vote, but Congress can stop the decision with a joint veto of the House and Senate together, and the decision takes effect if it is not challenged during this review period.
