Khartoum says there are "no further obstacles" to Russia building a naval base on the Red Sea coast of war-torn Sudan, after an agreement between the two countries was finalized.
Russia had negotiated a deal with former President Omar al-Bashir to set up a naval base, but he was ousted in a military coup. The military government later said it would reassess the issue.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef said on Wednesday that the agreement had been signed. They had "fully agreed" with Russia to establish a "port." The deal now only needed to be ratified.
The US, Chinese and French navies already have a presence off the coast of the Horn of Africa, which is an important strategic and commercial route.
"Sudan and Russia have reached an agreement on the Russian naval base. To put it simply, we have agreed on everything," Youssef said at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
No further details were given on this matter. Lavrov also did not comment on this.
The agreement was first discussed in 2019, when Omar al-Bashir was in power. The initial agreement was signed in November 2020, shortly after the military government came to power.
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