SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – US weigh more economic measures against Sudan after coup, in contact with Gulf countries

26/10/2021: Multiple sources – US weigh more economic measures against Sudan after coup, in contact with Gulf countries

• Reuters

• Bloomberg, by Justin Sink

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the US President Joe Biden administration is exploring a range of economic tools to respond to the military takeover in Sudan.

Sullivan told a White House briefing that the US was in close contact with Gulf countries “to make sure that we’re closely coordinating and sending a clear message to the military in Sudan that they should ... cease any violence against innocent civilians, that they should release those who have been detained, and they should get back on a democratic path.”

“We will look at the full range of economic tools available to us, in coordination and consultation with other key countries, to make sure that we are trying to push the entire Sudanese political process back in a positive direction,” Sullivan added.