April 6, 2020 (Khartoum) Sudan’s Ministry of Justice announced on Monday , completion of lawsuit settlement with the families of USS Cole victims. However,the two parties submitted a joint petition to the competent court in the United States of America to write off cases against Sudan. Sudan has agreed to settle the case for about $70 million. The money will be split among the families of the 17 Sailors who died in the October 2000 attack. Sudan’s Justice Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the settlement agreement, with the families and victims of the destroyer Cole who were initiating judicial proceedings against the government of Sudan before the US courts, had been fully completed. ” Sudan reaffirms that it was not involved in the attack on the Cole or in any other acts of terrorism, and expressly maintains that position in the settlement. Nonetheless, the transitional government of Sudan wishes to resolve historical terrorism allegations as part of its effort to normalize relations with the United States and the rest of the world” added Sudan’s Justice Ministry.