Ahram Online/AFP: Sudan lawmakers to review Russian navy base deal
'The Sudanese legislature will discuss and consider this document,' Mahdi said
Sudan's Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said during a visit to Moscow on Monday that lawmakers in the African country would consider an agreement brokered by its ousted leader to establish a Russian naval base there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir in 2017 on establishing a naval base in Port Sudan, on Sudan's Red Sea coast.
No announcement was ever made by the Sudanese side but Russia said it had signed a 25-year agreement with Sudan in December last year to build and operate the base.
Last month a top military official in Sudan said the country was reviewing the document after some clauses were found to be "somewhat harmful".
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Update #1: Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Gov’t to Consider Agreement on Russian Navy Base, Foreign Minister Says -- Sputnik
Update #2: Sudan prepares to ratify agreement on Russian Navy base — Lavrov -- TASS
WNU editor: Apparently there are some clauses in the agreement with Russia that Sudan wants to renegotiate.
