US lifts ban on financial assets of Sudan’s embassy in Seoul File photo: Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir File photo: Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir
The United States of America has lifted a ban on a sum of money belonging to Sudan's Embassy in the South Korean capital Seoul, a Sudanese official announced on Wednesday. "This is a positive move which indicates the progress in the financial relations between Sudan and the external world," said Abdul-Rahman Dirar, Sudan's State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, in a statement Wednesday. He pointed out that the money belongs to the Commercial and Economic Center and that it was transferred from DAEWOO Company to the center and was banned two years ago. The Sudanese official expressed hope that the US administration would permanently lift its economic sanctions on Sudan. The United States imposed sanctions on Sudan in 1997, during the administration of Bill Clinton. The sanctions include a trade embargo and blocking the government's assets. Additional sanctions were imposed in 2006 for complicity in the violence in Darfur. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqQXq7TKzXGGhvZiU4pt6qbHQ4xRokMXSSstOvJg7VV8g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
