US works to dismantle regime through peace deals – Sudanese official

Jan 31, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan has accused the United States of working to dismantle the National Congress Party regime through peace deals and international human rights organizations. This approach has replaced the containment policy applied in the past, a Sudanese official said.

Sudanese Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail has reiterated that the American strategy towards Sudan had a different picture before: it aimed at ousting the regime through the neighboring countries and providing all the necessary financial resources to needed for the implementation of this strategy.

He further said the strategy has now changed to realizing peace and then dismantling the government by mounting on international pressure through human rights organizations and bringing in controversial elements to Khartoum.

Ismail told the official SUNA that the relationship between Sudan and EU was slow and is influenced by the US strategy through people supported by USA and Britain.

On the other hand the Sudanese Foreign ministry said that the US Assistant Secretary for Africa Jendayi Frazer had asked to meet foreign minister Lam Akol and Mustafa Ismail during the African summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa but both they declined to meet her.

The ministry denied any meeting between Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir and Frazer.

Sudanese government accused Washington to mobilize African leaders to deny African Union chairmanship to president al-Bashir.

(ST)