KHARTOUM, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The expected U.S. decision to remove Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism will have positive political, economic and social effects on Sudan, Sudanese analysts said on Wednesday.

"Removing Sudan from the list will pave the way for the Sudanese banking sector to easily deal with banks of the world," Mohamed Al-Nayer, a Sudanese economic expert and a lecturer of economics at Africa International University, told Xinhua.

"After removing its name from the list, Sudan can demand relieving of its debts which amount to 60 million U.S. dollars and the country will be able to benefit from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative in the coming phase," he added.

The expert further believed that the move would help Sudan obtain soft loans and funding from the international financing institutions.

However, Al-Nayer warned that optimism between Khartoum and Washington must not come at the expense of Sudan's firm relations with other countries.

He advised the transitional government in Sudan to adopt a smart and balanced means to deal with countries around the world.

Abdul-Rahim Al-Sunni, a Sudanese political analyst, did not exclude a close link between Sudanese-Israeli normalization and the removal of Sudan from the U.S. list of states sponsoring terrorism.

"The frequent talk by the figures of Sudan's transitional government shows no link between the normalization and removal of Sudan from the list, but it seems there is a close relationship of the two aspects," Al-Sunni told Xinhua.

"It is apparent that the military component in the transitional government supports the normalization with Israel, while we find that the civilian government is divided among itself," he said, adding that removing Sudan from the list will be a "reward" for responding to the continued U.S. demand on necessity of normalization with Israel.

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that he would remove Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list after Sudan pays 335 million U.S. dollars to American victims.

Washington has been listing Sudan as one of the states sponsoring terrorism since 1993.

Sudan's acting Finance Minister Hiba Mohamed Ali told reporters on Tuesday that the move "will help address the issue of Sudan's debts and facilitate the process of dealing with international financing institutions."

Mohamed al-Fatih Zainelabidine, governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, told reporters that the expected decision is likely to improve the exchange rate of the national currency, restore Sudan' position within regional and international institutions, and accelerate Sudan's joining of the World Trade Organization. Enditem

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