Sudan opens to dialogue with US

The Sudanese parliament has said it is open to talk to the US congress to relieve the relationship between them and to internationally clarify the country's position. According to Deputy chief of parliament, Hadju Qassam Al-Sayed, the move is part of the ‘step by step’ strategy the Sudanese government is applying. Qassam Al-Sayed said: "The parliament will ask the acting US ambassador to open a direct conversation between us and the US congress. We need to be informed about the negative messages the US receives about Sudan from the opposition and rebel movements. Congress members keep talking to those groups rather than to us when they come to Sudan”. "I think the USA is not taking its relationship with the Sudanese government seriously," the deputy chief of parliament added, hinting at the American absence from the convention recently held in Turkey. On the other hand, the USA has met the South Sudan’s representatives and showed support for the new state. The Sudanese government statement came after the recent deterioration of its relationship with the US, caused by the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly saying that the Sudanese President was working to undermine the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement.