Sudan on Wednesday said it had agreed a deal for Russia to establish a naval base on the war-torn country’s Red Sea coast, marking a rare success for Moscow’s drive to expand its network of military bases in the region.
Asked about the progress of talks on the base, Sudan’s foreign minister Ali Al-Sharif said on a visit to Moscow: “We agreed, we agreed, we reached an agreement on everything.”
The Kremlin did not immediately comment on what was agreed, but a base in Sudan could offer Moscow an alternative to its naval base at Tartus in Syria, where the future of its presence is uncertain after the overthrow of its ally Bashar al-Assad.
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