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Sudan's New Ambassador Predicts Improved Relations With US

John Tanza

   The new Sudanese top diplomat in Washington said his country is
   committed to correcting the mistakes of former rulers of Sudan.

   "This [Sudanese] revolution, you know, has come because of certain
   errors being committed in the past and because the people,the
   overwhelming majority of the Sudanese people, have realized that the
   ways of the Islamists were not in the interest of the country,'' said
   Ambassador Nureldin Satti.

   "Now that we are building democracy, we know that we have to deal with
   diversity of issues, and we will work to build consensus around issues
   that benefit the national interests of Sudan," he said.

   Satti was appointed May 5, 2020, as the first ambassador to the United
   States after 23 years of strained relations between the two countries.

   "The fact that I am the first ambassador in 23 years of downgraded
   diplomatic relations between two countries, I am being met [in
   Washington] with a lot of interest, and I received a lot of support
   from all those concerned in the U.S.," Satti said.

   New beginning

   Speaking this week in an exclusive interview to VOA's South Sudan in
   Focus program, Satti said he sees recent moves by the U.S. officials as
   a "game changer."

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