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Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov lent support to Sudan for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov is on a two-day visit to Sudan as part of the Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African continent
Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov lent support to Sudan for their call to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation. Lavrov is on a two-day visit to Sudan as part of the Russian efforts to shore up influence on the African continent.
Lavrov while addressing a press conference along with Khartoum’s acting foreign minister Ali al-Sadiq said that his country pledged full support to Sudan y to reverse the sanctions imposed by the UN, which are crippling the fragile economy of the Central African country.
Sadiq emphasised the need for the two countries to cooperate at the United Nations and to push for reforms in the Security Council. The Russian foreign minister also held parleys with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who in October 2021 led a military coup that derailed Sudan’s transition to civilian rule and triggered cuts to crucial Western aid.
On this trip to Africa, Lavrov also visited Mali and Mauritania. Importantly, last month, Lavrov visited Eritrea, Angola, Eswatini, and South Africa. The Russian diplomat also met with Burhan’s deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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Sudan and Russia have been cooperating in the fields of economy and investment. Lavrov hailed Sudanese efforts to attract Russian investments. Sudan would take part in a Moscow-Africa forum slated to take place in Russia in July. It may be recalled that Washington delisted Sudan as a state sponsor of terror in December 2020, and last year appointed its first ambassador to Khartoum in nearly 25 years.
