The Bush administration says it supports the effort by New Mexico state Governor Bill Richardson to persuade Sudan to drop its objection to new peacekeeping troops for Darfur. State Department officials say Sudanese leaders have sounded more conciliatory on the issue in recent days, but that the United States is not dropping a threat of punitive action against Khartoum. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
Governor Bill Richardson is a prominent Democrat, who has been critical of the Republican administration on many issues. But, officials here are making clear they support the governor's mission to Sudan, and do not consider it an example of diplomatic freelancing.
Richardson, who was ambassador to the United Nations during the Clinton administration, met privately with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to press him to end his opposition to deploying a so-called hybrid force of United Nations and African Union peacekeepers in Darfur.
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