Reuters, 10/02 17:44 CET
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s foreign
ministry summoned the U.S. charge d’affairs in Khartoum on Wednesday
over Washington’s sponsorship of a draft UN Security Council resolution
extending sanctions related to the Darfur conflict and adding
restrictions on gold mining, Sudan’s main source of income.
A 2005 United Nations Security Council resolution placed a
travel ban and asset freeze on those “impeding the peace process” in
Darfur and established the UN panel of experts mandated to monitor the
arms embargo on Darfur.
The U.S. draft extending the resolution included “unfair
clauses” on gold mining in Sudan, the foreign ministry said in a
statement.
Gold has been the main source of income in Sudan since it
became an oil importer when South Sudan seceded in 2011. The new nation
took with it three-quarters of Sudan’s oil output, the main source of
foreign currency used to support the Sudanese pound and to pay for food
and other imports.
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Source: Euronews
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