Editing Foreign relations of Sudan (section)

===Americas===
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* Brazil has an embassy in Khartoum.
* Sudan has an embassy in [[Brasília]].
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* Mexico is accredited to Sudan from its embassy in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] and maintains an honorary consulate in Khartoum.
* Sudan does not have an embassy accredited to Mexico.
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|{{flag|United States}}||See [[Sudan–United States relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 February 1956

On 3 November 1997, the [[U.S. government]] imposed a [[trade embargo]] against Sudan and a total asset freeze against the Government of Sudan under [[Executive order (United States)|Executive Order]] 13067. The U.S. believed the Government of Sudan gave support to international terrorism, destabilized neighboring governments, and permitted human rights violations, creating an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and [[foreign policy of the United States]].<ref>[http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/sudan/sudan.shtml U.S. Treasury - Sudan sanctions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425142058/http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/sudan/sudan.shtml |date=25 April 2006 }}</ref>

On 3 June 2008, US - Sudan normalization talks broke down over the issue of conflicts in the oil-producing central region of Abyei.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-sudan-conflict.html|title=U.S. Suspends Talks With Sudan Over Oil Town Row|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=24 November 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

On 17 February 2015 the [[U.S. government]] issued a general license to amend US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions on Sudan.
The general license authorizes the exportation and re-exportation to Sudan of "certain software, hardware and services incident to personal communications
over the Internet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/02/22/us-government-eases-sanctions-to-allow-export-of-personal-communications-tools-to-sudan/|title=US Government Eases Sanctions to Allow Export of Personal Communications Tools to Sudan · Global Voices|date=22 February 2015|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref>

In mid-January 2017, the United States lifted economic and trade sanctions on Sudan due to the Sudanese government's cooperation in fighting terrorism, reducing conflict, and denying safe havens to South Sudanese rebels.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 10, 2016|title=Obama to ease Sudan sanctions on way out|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d632c17941834cbd9283e10d34d0e50c/apnewsbreak-obama-ease-sudan-sanctions-way-out|access-date=January 12, 2017|publisher=Associated Press|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143607/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d632c17941834cbd9283e10d34d0e50c/apnewsbreak-obama-ease-sudan-sanctions-way-out|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 March 2017, the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump Administration]] resumed military relations following the exchange of military attaches. 
<ref>{{cite web|date=March 16, 2017|title=US, Sudan resume military ties after 24-year hiatus|url=http://aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-sudan-resume-military-ties-after-24-year-hiatus/773284|access-date=March 16, 2017|publisher=Anadolu Agency}}</ref> In the following months, the United States Government removed Sudan from the list of Muslim-majority countries on the [[Executive Order 13769|American travel ban]] and lifted all 1997 sanctions on Sudan after the Sudanese Government severed relations with North Korea.<ref name="veconomist">{{cite news|author=T.G.|date=10 October 2017|title=Why America has lifted sanctions on Sudan|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/10/economist-explains-7}}</ref> In addition, the U.S. [[Central Intelligence Agency]], which supported the lifting of sanctions, established an office in Khartoum.<ref name="veconomist" /><ref>{{cite web|date=April 11, 2017|title=Sudanese official defends decision to have CIA office in Khartoum|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170411-sudanese-official-defends-decision-to-have-cia-office-in-khartoum/|access-date=April 14, 2017|publisher=Middle East Monitor}}</ref>

Following the [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état]], the new Sudanese Prime Minister [[Abdalla Hamdok]] entered into talks with US officials in September 2019, seeking the removal of Sudan from the US state sponsor of terrorism list.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-politics-usa-idUSKBN1WC2IB|title=After U.S. talks, Sudan sees path to lifting sanctions soon|date=2019-09-27|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=2019-09-29|language=en}}</ref> In December 2019, the US Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] announced that the United States and Sudan would begin exchanging ambassadors after a 23-year period of no diplomatic relations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sudan-idUSKBN1Y82EV|title=U.S. to exchange ambassadors with Sudan, ending 23-year gap|date=2019-12-04|work=[[Reuters]]|access-date=2019-12-05|language=en}}</ref> In October 2020, [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Donald Trump]] announced that he would remove Sudan from the US state sponsor of terrorism list in return for Sudan paying US$355 million in compensation to American victims of terrorism and their families.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spetalnick |first1=Matt |last2=Eltahir |first2=Nafisa |last3=Abdelaziz |first3=Khalid |last4=Williams |first4=Dan |editor1-last=Chang|editor1-first=Richard|editor2-last=Osterman|editor2-first= Cynthia|editor3-last=Goller|editor3-first=Howard|title=Trump: U.S. to remove Sudan from state terrorism sponsors list after payment to victims |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE?il=0 |access-date=19 October 2020 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=19 October 2020}}</ref> In addition, Sudan also established diplomatic relations with Israel with US support.<ref name="WSJ Sudan Israel" />
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