Sudan: Removing Sudan From Terrorism List Is Step to Ease Debt Burden - IMF

Washington — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated on Friday that the US government's plans to lift Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism would remove one of the obstacles facing the heavily indebted country in its quest to ease the debt burden.

The Head of the IMF mission in Sudan, Carol Baker, said that the IMF is encouraged by the US administration's official notification to the Congress on its intention to remove Sudan from the terrorism list, explaining that the removal of Sudan from the list takes away one of the obstacles that prevent alleviating the debt burdens of the heavily indebted poor countries.

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