KHARTOUM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Sudan government on Friday welcomed the U.S. administration's decision to permanently lift the 20-year-old economic sanctions on Sudan.
"Sudanese leadership, government and people welcome the positive decision made by the U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to permanently lift the economic sanctions on Sudan," said Sudan's Foreign Ministry in a statement.
"Sudan regards it as a positive development in the history of the Sudanese-U.S. relations and a natural outcome of a frank, transparent and constructive dialogue that reviewed all concerns between the two countries," it added.
The statement reiterated that Sudan would continue cooperation with the U.S. in all the issues of mutual concern, namely in relation to preserving international peace and security and combating all forms of terrorism, illegal immigration and human trafficking.
