Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Ahmed Karti said
that the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur has become
a card in elections in the United States, the Sudan Vision Daily
reported on Sunday.
The steps taken by the US administration on the Darfur issue
were aimed at "getting satisfaction of American voters in the
complementary elections for the Congress and to gratify
humanitarian and Jewish organizations that are funding the American
elections", Karti was quoted as saying.
"The Darfur issue has become a subject of internal discussion
and competition between the American parties in their race for
getting power at the administration," the minister added.
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US President George W. Bush repeated the charge of genocide in
Darfur when he addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly
earlier this week and he appointed a special envoy to bring more
pressure on the Khartoum government under the leadership of
President Omar el-Bashir.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that
violence was getting worse in Darfur despite international peace
efforts, urging the UN to take actions in case that Khartoum failed
to make a quick response to the call for international
peacekeepers.
Meanwhile, Karti accused Israel of attempting to distort the
situation in Darfur and supporting the armed opposition in
Sudan.
Karti said that "Zionist organizations" were funding major US
newspapers so as to reflect a distorted image on the situation in
Darfur.
He also accused Israel of providing weapons and ammunition for
the armed opposition in Sudan and helping them to establish
extensive relations with European and other countries.
"Israel is targeting the states and the groups that do not
recognize it, and seeking to establish a security belt for its
interest which extends from the River Nile till Euphrates," the
Sudanese minister noted.
Sudan has rejected a UN Security Council resolution adopted on
Aug. 31 authorizing up to 22,500 troops and police to replace the
cash-strapped and ill-equipped AU troops in Darfur.
(Xinhua News Agency September 25, 2005)
