Sudan, Russia sign trade deals as Khartoum seeks funds, Moscow eyes Red Sea port
The meeting in Moscow produced two agreements and an economic and trade cooperation protocol.
As Sudan pursues postwar reconstruction funding and Moscow eyes a naval base on the country's Red Sea coast, the two countries deepened their economic ties on Wednesday, signing an economic protocol alongside two other cooperation agreements.
What happened: Sudanese Minister of Minerals Nur al-Daim Taha led a delegation to Moscow for the eighth session of the Sudanese-Russian Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic Cooperation on Wednesday, during which he met with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov. During the visit, both sides formalized an economic and trade cooperation protocol alongside two memoranda of understanding.
According to a statement from Taha posted to Facebook, the memoranda covered transportation, infrastructure and banking.
“The Russian side also expressed its readiness … to invest in a number of projects, especially during the postwar period,” Taha’s statement read.
