Sudan has completed the revision of the agreement with Russia on the establishment of a naval base of the Russian fleet in the country. According to the Associated Press, the situation is developing in favor of Moscow.
The Sudanese military approved the creation of the base of the Russian Navy in the country, the decision on this was made following the visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Sudan. Now the agreement needs to be ratified, the new government of Sudan will deal with this, to be elected soon. Today, power in the country is in the hands of the military., signed a framework agreement in December with a number of political parties to form a government.
They (Russia) dispelled all our fears. The military agreed to the deal- said one of the Sudanese officials.
At the beginning 2021 year information appeared, that the Russian Navy will receive a new logistics center in Sudan, which will allow Russia to control the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Moscow and Khartoum signed a preliminary agreement, providing for the construction of a Russian base in Port Sudan. The agreement allowed no more than four ships of the Russian Navy to be at the logistics point at the same time, including warships with a nuclear power plant. Russia will have to notify Sudan for 12 hours before the entry of their ships and three hours before their departure from there. According to the project, the number of the Russian contingent at the new MTO point will not exceed 300 human.
The appearance of Russia in this region strongly displeased the United States, who 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.
