Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef said that there are no obstacles to Russia's desire to open a naval base on the Sudanese Red Sea coast, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
For years, Russia has had ambitions to create a naval base near Port Sudan.
Sudanese's number one diplomat visited Russia yesterday. At a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, he said: “We are in full agreement on this issue and there are no obstacles”, referring to the base.
Sudan relied on Russia militarily during the rule of Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in 2019. after three decades of rule marked by Sudan's international isolation, hit by US sanctions.
His government was negotiating a 25-year deal with Moscow to build and operate a naval base on the Red Sea.
After Bashir was ousted, the Sudanese army blocked the deal, saying it would investigate and review it.
Sudan has been engulfed in civil war for two years.