US Removes Sudan from Terror Sponsor List After 27 Years... Only North Korea, Iran, and Syria Remain

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[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The U.S. government has removed Sudan, an Arab country on the African continent, from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

On the 14th (local time), according to AFP, the U.S. Embassy in Sudan announced on Facebook, "The U.S. Department of State has signed a notification today to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism." This came about 45 days after the U.S. government notified Congress of its intention to delist Sudan.

As a result, the countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism by the U.S. now include only three: North Korea, Iran, and Syria, while Sudan has been removed from the list after 27 years. The U.S. designated Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993, citing reasons such as providing a safe haven to Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda. Since then, Sudan has faced many difficulties in attracting foreign investment and conducting financial transactions due to U.S. economic sanctions.

In Sudan, after the dictator President Omar al-Bashir was ousted by the military in April last year, a period of political turmoil followed, and a transitional government was established in August of the same year.

Regarding the removal from the state sponsors of terrorism list, Sudan agreed to pay $335 million (approximately 365 billion KRW) in compensation to the families and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, and the bombing of the U.S. destroyer USS Cole anchored in Aden, Yemen, in 2000.

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