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Washington lifts ban on US-Sudan flights as thaw eases tension
THE US Department of Transportation (DOT) has withdrawn its Order 98-2-5 which had banned air cargo service and all transactions related to cargo aviation between the United States and Sudan.
Implemented in late 1997, the Order prohibited any airline or foreign air carrier from operating flights between the US and Sudan using Sudanese-registered aircraft.
It also banned the issuance in the US of air waybills that included a stop in Sudan. US air carriers were also barred from running cargo flights to/from Sudan to anywhere in the world.
The DOT announced in a statement that it had revoked 98-2-5 in line with US President Donald Trump's October decision to rescind Executive Orders 13067 and 13412, both of which had economically embargoed the North African petro-state and Sudan Airways in particular, reported Switzerland's ch-aviation.
Despite an improvement in ties, Khartoum has yet to be struck off the US' State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
But US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the New York Times in the wake of bilateral talks in Khartoum earlier this month that the US was willing to consider removing Sudan from the list as long as it continued to make progress on counter terrorism cooperation and human rights.
Implemented in late 1997, the Order prohibited any airline or foreign air carrier from operating flights between the US and Sudan using Sudanese-registered aircraft.
It also banned the issuance in the US of air waybills that included a stop in Sudan. US air carriers were also barred from running cargo flights to/from Sudan to anywhere in the world.
The DOT announced in a statement that it had revoked 98-2-5 in line with US President Donald Trump's October decision to rescind Executive Orders 13067 and 13412, both of which had economically embargoed the North African petro-state and Sudan Airways in particular, reported Switzerland's ch-aviation.
Despite an improvement in ties, Khartoum has yet to be struck off the US' State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
But US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the New York Times in the wake of bilateral talks in Khartoum earlier this month that the US was willing to consider removing Sudan from the list as long as it continued to make progress on counter terrorism cooperation and human rights.
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