Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem Mohamad is a Sudanese diplomat.

Ultimately, that information may have helped the Government expel in 1996 a Sudanese diplomat accused of helping terrorists, and to bolster its case that Sudan was involved in supporting terrorism worldwide.

Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the chief Sudanese diplomat and in a sharply worded statement demanded the release of the helicopter, warning that the dispute would hurt relations between the countries.

Deng's father is an exiled Sudanese diplomat, and his family lived in Egypt and London.

A report Monday on ABC News linked two Sudanese diplomats here to the bomb plot and said the mission was under F.B.I. surveillance.

In Washington, the State Department also said it had no reason to believe Sudanese diplomats had been involved.

Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, a Sudanese diplomat who has been representing the Group of 77 developing countries, denounced the accord.

The Sudanese diplomats had protested about ill-treatment since the Gulf war of the 60,000-strong Sudanese community in the UAE.

Sudanese diplomats insist that no fatwa has been issued.

Sudanese diplomats assisted the planned attack on the United Nations Headquarters.