Khartoum renews rejection of US law relating to Sudan

Sudan has renewed its rejection for a new law which was approved by the US Congress and described it as a flagrant intervention in the Sudanese internal affairs and called on Washington to reconsider it.

A statement issued by the press section at the Sudanese embassy in Beirut described the American law as "the law of war against Sudan and a support for the rebels movement, and also supporting this movement by annual backing of 100 million dollars. A matter which proves the US bias in supervising the current Sudanese peace negotiations taking place in Mashakos."

The statement added that "concerning freezing the assets of certain Sudanese companies, this decision has no effect in reality... For instance the national company for oil, the national tobacco company which used to belong to the late Khalil Othman does not exist.. The sugar company existed under the rule of al-Numeiri, the national commission for the Radio and the TV have no resources in hard currencies outside the country and Sudan's tea company is a private company which was liquidated while other establishments are not in existence."

The statement indicated that the American law does not contribute to achieving peace "rather an impetus for the rebel movement to prolong the war," and that it is aggressive and bias and is based on religious intention and contributes to prolonging the war and the sufferings of the Sudanese people." It added that this US law is in compliance with the "stances of the US towards the Arab and Islamic peoples like the forthcoming aggression against Iraq, Syria's accountability bill and the (terrorism) list of the US Department of State which included several Arab and Islamic states."