Sudan has welcomed remarks last week by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who seeks to delist Khartoum as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Mr Pompeo has repeatedly indicated that the State Department hopes to remove the designation, which severely impedes investment to Sudan, but disputes have arisen on a compensation package over the 1998 bombings of two US embassies.
However, he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday that Sudan’s civilian transition was a historic opportunity to see change.
State-run Suna reported on Saturday that the Sudanese transitional cabinet affirmed their readiness to work with the US to resolve the terror designation.
Mr Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that legislation on a settlement should come before Congress “in the very, very near term.”
“I think lifting the state sponsor of terrorism designation there if we can … take care of the victims of those tragedies would be a good thing for American foreign policy,” Mr Pompeo said.
