April 27, 2020 (Khartoum) Chairman of Sudan ‘s Sovereign Council

Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, received a phone call from US

Secretary of State , Mike Pompeo, on Monday.

However, Sovereign Council, spokesman said, Pompeo discussed during his call with Al-Burhan ,the arrangements for removing the name of Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and American

assistance to Sudan in confronting the Coronavirus pandemic, in

addition to Sudan’s position on the draft resolution expected by the

UN Security Council as well as security cooperation between the two

countries.

Pompeo’s assertions regarding removal of Sudan from the blacklist

come as an extension of the assurances of the US Assistant Secretary

of the Treasury, Marshall Bilingsi, when he met in Khartoum, Sudanese

Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdock, and Foreign Minister Asma Abdullah,

at the beginning of last March.

In a related development, US Assistant Secretary of State for African

Affairs, Tibor Nagy, had said earlier that Washington was no longer in

conflict with the government of Sudan and, considered it a partner,

but removing Sudan’s name from the list of state sponsors of

terrorism was a procedural process.