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Saturday, 3 July 2021 (YJC) _ Russia wants to approve a binding agreement to establish a naval base in Sudan.
Russia wants to approve a binding agreement to establish a naval base in Sudan, passing it through all the legal approval mechanisms, weeks after Sudan froze the deal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin referred the agreement to the State Duma for ratification, in the second step of the final approval of the agreement after the Russian government formally ratified it last week.
However, the Sudanese leadership informed Moscow of its official position to freeze the deal through military and diplomatic channels.
According to the Kremlin's statement, Putin referred the draft agreement to the State Duma, after it was approved by the government.
The agreement stipulates establishing a logistics center for the Russian fleet on the coast of Sudan in the Red Sea. It grants Russia the right to use an operational logistic center in Port Sudan, provided that the maximum number of working personnel does not exceed 300 soldiers, and no more than four Russian warships will be able to stay there at one time.
The agreement is valid for 25 years, with the possibility of extension.
Putin delegated Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov as his representative in the Duma and the Senate to complete the final ratification process.
Last week, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree to "submit the agreement for ratification."
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