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.
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I see no problem with the Russian base. Sudanese feeling they are not getting enough rent or there may be a spying problem?
A Russian base will help the local economy as part of the Russian payroll will be spent there also the Russian will contract for goods and services for the base.
Russian having a nifty bases is offset by knowing where they are in case war breaks out.
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