Washington studies possibility of an ambassador to Khartoum; oil reserve second largest in region
Sudan, Politics, 3/26/2001

The US secretary of state Colin Powel has announced that his country is currently studying the possibility of a special envoy or dispatch an ambassador representing it in Sudan in the course of its revision of the policy towards al-Khartoum. Powell said he has out this matter under a serious study.

Worthy mentioning that a group of members of the Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties called on President George Bush to appoint a special envoy in Sudan.

The US had withdrawn its diplomats from al-Khartoum in 1996 and then returned back an alternative diplomatic presence for short periods of time.

On the other hand, the chairman of the Sudanese Ummah party al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has stressed that the dialogue between his party and the government is suspended at the meantime and it will be resumed after arranging matters relating to the new government and that the two sides will sign a new agreement as a second phase of the "Homeland call" ( Nidaa al-Watan) agreement ) they signed in Djibouti.

In a statement to the Sudanese paper the Sudanese "al-Sahafi al-Dawli al-Sudani" on Saturday al-Mahdi added that his party has not yet received from the two countries of the Libyan-Egyptian joint initiative what indicates the date and venue of the dialogue which will bring together the Sudanese opposition parties, stressing the need of rapid move to this effect.

Meantime, A scientific study prepared by a specialized Sudanese academic in the reserve economic sciences has estimated the Sudan's oil reserves are 183.2 billion barrels of oil.

The study which was issued on Saturday by the Sudanese daily al-Rai al-Am explained the Sudan's oil storage is only exceeded by the reserves of Saudi Arabia, adding that Sudan's oil reserves, on the other hand, exceed those of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates UAE, Qatar and Bahrain.

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