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Sudan has completed the revision of the agreement with Russia on the establishment of a naval base of the Russian fleet on the territory of the country. According to the Associated Press, the situation is developing in favor of Moscow.
The Sudanese military approved the creation of a Russian Navy base on the territory of the country, the decision was made following the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Sudan. Now the agreement needs to be ratified, and the new Government of Sudan, which will be elected in the near future, will deal with this. To date, power in the country is in the hands of the military, which concluded a framework agreement with a number of political parties in December to form a government.
- said one of the Sudanese officials.
At the beginning of 2021, information appeared that the Russian Navy would receive a new logistics point on the territory of Sudan, which would allow Russia to control the waters of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Moscow and Khartoum have signed a preliminary agreement providing for the construction of a Russian base in Port Sudan. The agreement allowed no more than four vessels of the Russian Navy, including warships with a nuclear power plant, to be at the logistics point at the same time. Russia will have to notify Sudan 12 hours before the arrival of its ships and three hours before they leave there. According to the project, the number of the Russian contingent in the new MTO point will not exceed 300 people.
The appearance of Russia in this region greatly displeased the United States, which began to put pressure on Khartoum. As a result, the agreement was postponed indefinitely. By the way, Eritrea, neighboring Sudan, has already offered Russia to deploy a naval base on its territory.
