Sudan says close to a settlement with US over 1998 embassy bombings
Sudan is close to a deal with the United States to compensate the victims of 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, Foreign Minister Asmaa Abdallah said on Tuesday.
“The final touches of a settlement with victims of embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam are being finalized,” Abdallah told AFP in an interview.
“We now have a delegation in Washington negotiating with the victims’ lawyers and officials at the US Department of State,” she said.
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The US Supreme Court in February appeared open to reinstating $4.3 billion in punitive damages against Sudan in lawsuits accusing the now ousted regime of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir of complicity in the bombings that killed 224 people.
After reaching a deal, Sudan “will have fulfilled all the requirements” to be removed from the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, Abdallah said.
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