France to press to drop Sudan from US terror blacklist

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday said that France will press to drop Sudan from the US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism and to support efforts to reintegrate the country into the international community.

Le Drian was in Khartoum for a day-long visit, the first such trip to Sudan by France's top diplomat in more



than a decade. His visit comes as the northeast African country transitions to civilian rule after decades of authoritarianism.

Decades of US blacklisting along with a trade embargo imposed on Sudan in 1997 has kept overseas investors away from the country, in turn isolating it from the global economy.