President Omar al-Bashir called for protests over the cartoon

Denmark is considering whether Sudan's call for the Muslim world to boycott Denmark might have consequences for Danish aid to the African country.

Foreign aid minister Ulla Toernaes said no decision has been taken after Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's calls during a protest in Khartoum against the reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers.

President Al-Bashir also said that the Muslim world should boycott Denmark because of the cartoon.

"I understand very well that the initial reaction would be that we immediately stop all aid co-operation," Toernaes told the TV2 channel.

"I certainly wouldn't deny that the case would get some consequences for our aid co-operation with Sudan, but I have not made up my mind."

Sudan is one of the largest recipients of Danish aid.

In 2006, Sudan received 130.2m kroner (£13.3m) from Denmark and a 500m kroner (£51m) humanitarian and reconstruction package is planned for 2009.

Newspapers in Denmark reprinted the cartoon showing Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban on February 13 to show their commitment to freedom of speech after Danish police said they uncovered a plot to kill the cartoon's artist.

The reprinting sparked protests in several Muslim countries. The drawing was one of 12 cartoons, first published in a Danish newspaper, that also sparked major protests in Muslim countries in 2006.