U.S. top diplomat in Sudan leaving post: report - Article <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49770#tabs-1> - Comments (0) <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49770#tabs-2>
[image: email]Email<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=enviar_email_articulo&id_article=49770> [image: print]Print<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=49770> [image: pdf]Save<http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?page=spipdf&spipdf=spipdf_article&id_article=49770&nom_fichier=article_49770> [image: separation] [image: increase] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49770#> [image: decrease] <http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article49770#> [image: separation] [image: separation] ------------------------------ January 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - The U.S. charge d'affaires in Khartoum Joseph D. Stafford has informed the Sudanese government that he resigned from his post, local media here reported. The foreign ministry spokesperson Abu Bakr al-Sideeg said he expects Washington to name a new charge d'affaires but until then his deputy Christopher Rowan will head the mission.Stafford told the foreign ministry that his resignation was made for "personal reasons" and told officials in his farewell visit that he will continue communicating with them on an informal basis. He has held this post since June 2012. The outgoing US diplomat urged Khartoum to allow the special envoy Donald Booth to visit but the request received a cool reception by Sudanese officials who reiterated that an agenda has to be agreed on first. The US has not appointed an ambassador to its embassy in Khartoum since 1998 and has kept its representation there at charge d'affaires despite Sudan's demand that it be upgraded. Sudan on the US list of states that sponsor terrorism and under economic sanctions by Washington since 1997. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14ooT7EKEGKBAqafOse%2BtER0_f%2BZRZfGVuOYAQHOU6kH4%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
