KHARTUM, 13 September 2021 (TON): The country’s military department said “the Sudanese authorities want to amend the agreement on the construction of a Russian naval base in Port Sudan on the shores of the Red Sea.”

He added “Khartoum expects to receive economic assistance from Moscow on condition of lease for five years with the possibility of signing an agreement for 25 years.”

At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency noted that Russia has not yet responded to the proposal.

In June, the chief of staff of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Muhammad Usman al-Hussein, announced a possible revision of the agreement.

The agreement to create a Russian navy station in Sudan became known in November 2020. In accordance with the document, the maximum number of personnel at the base will not exceed 300 people. No more than four Russian ships will be able to stay there at the same time.

In 2017, Omar al-Bashir, then the country’s president, said that he had discussed with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu the possibility of creating such a facility on the Red Sea.