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To: Razorbak who wrote (1063)	9/13/2000 7:43:24 PM
From: LARRY LARSON	Respond to of 1713

News Article by AFP posted on September 13, 2000 at 18:05:25: EST (-5 GMT) US seeks permanent diplomatic representation in Sudan KHARTOUM, Sept 13 (AFP) - The United States is seeking to establish permanent diplomatic representation in Sudan after having withdrawn its diplomats for security reasons four years ago, the Sudanese said Wednesday. State Foreign Minister Ali Abdel Rahman Nimeiri quoted US charge d'affaires Raymond Brown as saying in a meeting here Wednesday that his country planned to establish such representation, the SUNA news agency reported. While residing in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Brown has been paying frequent visits to Khartoum to run the US embassy, much as his predecessor Donald Teitelbaum did earlier this year. Brown, according to the Sudanese official, said his country "is willing to maintain serious dialogue on all issues of dispute with Sudan." He also said the US is willing to bolster efforts to find peace in Sudan and to continue with its humanitarian assistance to the war victims in the south. The US diplomat was cited by Nimeiri as saying his country was seeking through its Khartoum embassy staff to acquaint itself with Sudan's affairs and establish "a constructive business relationship with Sudanese officials." The US government moved its Khartoum embassy staff to Nairobi for security reasons about four years ago, although the ambassador used to visit the Sudanese capital once a month to maintain a presence. He stopped the visits amid an upsurge in fears over security in the aftermath of the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998, which triggered a US missile strike on a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant. Washington alleged the plant was producing chemical weapons and was linked to the mastermind of the embassy bombings. Sudan denied the allegations. The embassy here had been maintained by Sudanese staff until April when Teitelbaum began regular visits following groundbreaking diplomacy in March and government overtures to the West.