The Trump administration has provided $ 700 million to victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks as part of efforts to secure a deal with Sudan to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel, ABC News reported.
Two sources told The Hill that the Trump administration paid compensation to the victims and their families, but these sources did not confirm the $ 700 million figure.
The Trump administration on Monday scrapped Sudan’s Derosim post as a move welcomed by members of both parties in Congress following the overthrow of Omar al – Bashir’s 30 – year dictatorship in April 2019.
But the implementation of “legal peace” has stalled in Congress, fearing that victims and the families of victims of terrorism may not be able to pursue their claims against Sudan. These include the 1998 twin bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, as well as the September 11 terrorist attacks by Al Qaeda.
It is not clear where the money to pay the victims and their families will come from.
The White House, which has focused on opening up relations between Israel and Arab and Muslim countries, declined to comment.
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The president is celebrating these diplomatic developments, known as the Abraham Accords, as one of his most important foreign policy achievements, and the White House is reportedly preparing for a signing ceremony with Sudan ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Biden.
Sudanese officials have signaled their readiness to withdraw from warming relations with the Jewish state if the Trump administration fails to pass legislation to protect Khartoum from terrorism-related cases.
A source close to the talks said that Sudan’s only guarantee in ensuring that legislation is passed before the Biden administration takes office is to suspend relations with Israel.
There is strong bipartisan support in Congress for supporting Sudan’s interim democratic government. But more than a year of negotiations between the White House, the State Department and Capitol Hill have failed to reach an agreement that will satisfy the victims of terrorism and the Sudanese concerns.
Critics blame the administration for leaving Congress out of early conversations with Khartoum in resolving the claims of terrorist victims that were part of the definition of removing Sudan from the list of state supporters of terrorism.
Sudan 5 has an escrow account of 335 million, which will compensate Americans affected by the 1998 twin embassy bombings. However the money will only be released to the victims by enforcing the Law of Peace Act. If the law is not passed by November 2021, the money will be released back to Sudan.
Negotiations are in full swing as the Trump administration aims to pass a law and order law before the end of the president’s term.
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“Key House and Senate Democrats support both versions of the Mendes-Schumer bill, and we are ready to pass one by the end of this year,” Sense said. Schumer and Mendes said in a statement last week.
“We strongly support the successful transition to democracy in Sudan; the implementation of this agreement for the victims of terrorism should not contradict that goal.