Khartoum, Sha'ban 29, 1438, May 25, 2017, SPA -- Sudan foreign minister Dr. Ibrahim Ghandour met in Khartoum today with a delegation of the U.S. office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, led by the director of the office Paul Sotven. The meeting dealt with the progress reached in the path of negotiation between the two sides and the efforts exerted to finally lift the U.S. economic embargo on Sudan, expected in July 2017. The two sides confirmed the importance of continuing the positive access to implement the agreed-upon negotiation map of five passages whereas they agreed to continuing contacts to push the bilateral relations between the two countries towards normalization. --SPA 02:24 LOCAL TIME 23:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w414828