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To: Tomas who wrote (1515)	3/8/2000 11:09:00 PM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 2742

Government In Talks With Oil-Rich Sudan - Business Day (Thailand), March 8 The Government has discussed the possibility of co-investment with Sudan in the oil and energy sectors, according to Industry Minister Suwat Liptapanlop. Suwat said that he and Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz, the minister of Sudan Energy and Minerals, yesterday spoke about the possibility of co-investment in energy, especially oil, in Sudan - a Northern Africa nation recently discovered to be rich in oil. The quantity of crude deposits is unclear, said the minister, adding that Sudan wants energy experts to do extensive exploration and research into the newly-discovered oil field. Suwat said this opportunity comes at the right time for Thailand because of the great demand for oil. He has already assigned the Petroleum Authority of Thailand Exploration and Production (PTTEP) to set up a committee to conduct a feasibility study of the project. In addition, the Government is soliciting Thai investors to invest in construction of utility infrastructure, minerals exploration as well as dam and power plant construction. The Industry Minister is also considering offers and plans with the private sector. The ministry also views this as a big break for Thai construction firms to invest in Sudan while the construction business here is idle. Suwat said PTTEP is looking into the possibility of buying crude from Sudan. The African nation had offered an attractive crude price - US$1-$2 cheaper than OPEC's product. Furthermore, Sudan's crude is low in sulfur content which is environmental friendly.

To: Tomas who wrote (1515)	3/18/2000 10:48:00 PM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 2742

Sudan: "US Stand So Hypocritical" - Quotes from The East African Daily, Editorial March 16 Reports that the United States is continuing to supply arms to Africa's fighting groups and states, in the process fuelling armed conflict in, for instance, the Great Lakes region, are disturbing, to say the least. Kenya and Uganda are reported to be among the states that have attracted generous arms supplies from the US. ... The US also supplies weapons to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of Col John Garang, a separatist movement which has, for more than 15 years, fought the Khartoum regime. For the Khartoum regime is among those all over the world which the US - in its hopelessly selective and lopsided idea of human rights - stigmatises as "rogues" who sponsor international terrorism. ... If the US is genuinely concerned about human rights abuse, it should fight it with equal vigour in countries where its corporations have a vital interest in strategic resources. _____________________________________________ Quotes from "US Arms Continue To Fuel Conflicts" The East African Daily (Nairobi), March 8 ... America supplies weapons to the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army of Colonel John Garang, which has for more than 15 years fought the Khartoum regime. Arms from the SPLA, a large loosely-administered force, have ended in the hands of private arms dealers in northern Uganda, north-western Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia, who sell an AK-47 rifle for as little as $50. Some arms to Uganda have ended up in Rwanda and DRC where the country has had allies. ... Uganda, Kenya and Angola are the only African states named in the Conventional Arms Transfer Project's report. All three are accused of gross human rights violations. Mr. Virgil Bodeen, the Public Affairs Officer at the US embassy in Kampala, could not readily say whether the US had blacklisted any other country besides the Sudan as far as arms sales were concerned.