KHARTOUM, 1 December 2020, (TON): Chairman of Sudan's Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday discussed arrangements about removing Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism in the coming weeks.

During a phone call from Pompeo, they also discussed the developments in Ethiopia and the need for a peaceful settlement to the conflict in a manner that achieves regional peace and enhances security in the region, said the sovereign council in a statement.

On 23 October US President Donald Trump decided to remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism if Sudan pays 335 million US dollars to American victims. Later, President Trump tweeted, the “new government of Sudan has agreed to pay 335 million dollars to terror victims and families.” Once the payment is deposited, the tweet said, Trump will lift Sudan from the US State Sponsors of Terrorism List.

Due to the designation, Sudan faces a series of restrictions including a ban on defence exports and sales and restrictions on US foreign assistance. The decision was set to be effective on 11 December 2020.

I we recall, in April this year Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested by the military and the  Sudanese Defence Minister Awad Ibn Auf announced that the army would oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections. The whole coup was organized by Western nations in which Pentagon played a major role.

Analysts are of the view that Sudanese regime has no legitimacy to accept false allegation of country’s involvement in terrorism as only elected government has a mandate to strike any peace deal with foreign nations. Sudanese Leadership warns regime not to accept false allegations of Sudanese involvement in terrorism.