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Sudan to Continue Cooperation with US Despite Sanctions

by Reuters

   KHARTOUM --

   Sudan said on Thursday it would continue bilateral cooperation with the
   United States, including on intelligence-sharing, despite Khartoum's
   decision to halt the work of a committee formed to negotiate relief
   from U.S. sanctions.

   Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday froze the work of the
   committee, which was formed with the United States, after Washington
   postponed for three months a decision on whether to permanently lift
   sanctions against Sudan. They were imposed partly over concern about
   human rights.

   "We continue to cooperate with the United States at the bilateral level
   between our institutions, for example, between the intelligence
   services or the foreign ministries," Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim
   Ghandour told reporters.