Sudan: Congress Has 45 Days to Consider Trump's Decision

Sudan looked forward to reconciling the international community in a new phase as President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would remove Khartoum from its list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

Sudanese government officials considered that Trump's announcement to remove Sudan from the list the first step, followed by other measures until the official announcement is completed, stressing that there is no link between the US decision and normalizing relations with Israel.

Sudanese citizens in Khartoum celebrated Trump’s decision as it represented Khartoum's powerful return to the international community.

"We have a long way to complete the procedures and be embraced again by the international community,” Sudanese Foreign Minister Omar Qamar al-Din said.

"The US President has the right to remove Sudan from the list without referring to Congress,” Qamar al-Din added in a press conference held in Khartoum yesterday.

Congress is said to be awaiting the president’s instructions regarding his latest decision, while sources confirmed that the administration has not yet formally notified the lawmakers of its decision.

Congress has 45 days to consider the decision and if it not agreed upon, both houses of Congress shall pass a bill contradicting the president's decision to block it, which is unlikely to happen given Republicans’ control of the majority in the Senate, and numerous Democrats support the decision.

The president announced on "Twitter" on Monday,19 October, that Khartoum would be lifted from the  State Sponsors of Terrorism list if the amount of 335 million dollars is transferred for terrorism restitution.

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