Envoy: U.S. negotiates with genocidal regime in Sudan - CNN

Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. special envoy to Sudan reluctantly agreed Thursday that he is negotiating with a government that is carrying out genocide in Darfur in western Sudan.

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, under questioning by a House subcommittee, said he has never met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is accused by the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

However, Gration conceded he deals with senior officials of the Bashir government. When asked if the Bashir government was leading the genocide in Darfur, and therefore the United States was negotiating with perpetrators of genocide, Gration answered: "That's correct."

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