The agreement between Sudan’s ruling military and Russia, allowing the latter to build a navy station on the African country’s Red Sea coast, was finalised on Saturday.
In anticipation of the establishment of a legislative body and a civilian administration, the agreement will now be confirmed. Since the military overthrew autocratic leader Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, the country of Africa has been without a parliament.
The review’s conclusion came days after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with interim Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq in Khartoum’s capital city.
The agreement still needed to be approved by Sudan’s soon-to-be-formed legislative body, according to Lavrov.
‘They [Russians] cleared all our concerns. The deal has become OK from the military side,’ a military official was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
The deal was first officially announced in December 2020, having been agreed upon in principle during al-Bashir’s reign. The agreement allows Kremlin to set up a 300-troop-strong naval base.
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