KHARTOUM, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir said on Wednesday that all the problems in his country were created by western intelligence and organizations, accusing the American administration of being the major cause of these problems.

    Al-Bashir made the remarks while addressing a mass rally at his hometown of Hosh Banaga, Nahral-Neil State, in northern Sudan, in the presence of a visiting American media delegation comprising journalists of more than 30 U.S. press institutions, the official Sudanese SUNA news agency reported.

    "All the rebel movements in other countries are described as terrorist organizations, but any group in Sudan that holds arms against the government are described as deprived and marginalized," the Sudanese president said.

    President al-Bashir said that his country was facing a major plot launched by the United States for Sudan's strategic position, its rejection to the American hegemony as well as its resources such as petroleum, natural gas and water.

    "The plotters are intending to divide Africa into two parts, the northern Africa of Arab and Muslims and the southern Africa of blacks and Christians," he added.

    He hoped that the visiting U.S. delegation would reflect the real situation in Sudan to the American people.

    Al-Bashir's remarks came only two days after the African country announced its "complete acceptance" of a "heavy support package" from the United Nations for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, which will lead to a real military presence of the UN in the western Sudanese region.

    The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations, Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem, told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a letter on Monday that his country had agreed to the second phase of the UN support plan.

    The Sudanese government took the step after a wave of visits by foreign envoys in Khartoum to press for the support package, which calls for the deployment of 3,000 UN troops and six attack helicopter in Darfur to support the 7800-strong African force, as well as preparation for the next phase, in which a much larger UN force would be sent to the region.

    The step was immediately welcomed by the UN secretary general, who declared his willingness "to move expeditiously with the deployment, in close cooperation with the African Union."

    U.S. President George W. Bush warned the Sudanese president on Wednesday that he had one last chance to take steps to stop violence in Darfur or else Washington would impose sanctions and consider other punitive options.

    Bush said he had decided to give Ban more time to pursue diplomacy with al-Bashir, but noted that his patience was limited.