US diplomat to participate in gum Arabic conference in Sudan’s Gedaref state

March 6, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – The Economic and Deputy Commercial Officer at the United States Embassy in Khartoum Aysa M. Miller would participate in a conference on the Gum Arabic in Sudan’s eastern state of Gedaref.

Washington also imposed economic and trade sanctions on Sudan in 1997 in response to its alleged connection to terror networks and human rights abuses.

However, it the US has excluded Gum Arabic from the sanctions for the critical need of this commodity in nutritional and drug industry.

The secretary general of Gum Arabic Council (GAC), Abdel-Magid Abdel-Gadir Saturday said that Miller would visit Gedaref within few days to participate in the annual conference on Gum Arabic.

He added that the American diplomat was invited by the governor of Gedaref state Merghani Salih in his capacity as the economic officer at the US embassy in Khartoum as well as officer sponsoring the Gum Arabic at the US States Department.

Abdel-Gadir told the official news agency SUNA that Miller saw the experience of the Gum Arabic cultivation and the agricultural technologies during his visit to Gedaref last year.

For his part, Miller expressed genuine desire to cooperate with Gedaref state to develop the agricultural sector and to continue contacts between Sudan and the US.

Sudan commands over 80% of the world’s Gum Arabic production and trade.
The east African nation exported 42 tonnes of Gum Arabic to the US in 2013, yielding $103 million.