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Title: The prospect of a Russian military base in Sudan worries the United States
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URL Source: https://www.archyde.com/the-prospec ... dan-worries-the-united-states/
Published: Mar 9, 2022
Author: Archyde
Post Date: 2022-03-09 21:53:18 by A K A Stone
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With the invasion of Ukraine, Russia, now isolated and sanctioned, could find allies in Africa. Among them Sudan, which seems ready to host a military base on its soil. “US officials are growing concerned that Sudan’s military junta will allow Russia to build a naval base on the strategic Red Sea coast” says the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). This American fear resided in the hypothesis of a return to an agreement between Sudan and Russia. The agreement, discussed in 2017 between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Omar Al-Bashir stipulated that Moscow would obtain a twenty-five-year lease to build a base in Port Sudan. It was the number two of the Sudanese junta, back from a trip to Moscow in early March, who made the announcement to Sudanese journalists. Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti”, indeed affirmed that “the agreement to build the naval base on the Red Sea coast was still under consideration by the Sudanese Ministry of Defense”. In addition, reports the WSJhe said that Russia has declared its readiness to invest in Sudan, We have no problem dealing with Russia or anyone to build a naval base along our Red Sea coast as long as it does not threaten our security interests.” More broadly, the trip to Moscow made by General Dagalo enabled him to meet senior officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Sudanese state news agency, SUNA, also reported that the two countries had agreed to the activation of all previous economic, diplomatic, political and security agreements. Strategic concern The United States had done everything possible to cancel the agreement on this possible Russian naval base, specifies the American economic daily. Chief of the United States Command for the 
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
A Russian military base has never worried the U.S. especially since its own involvement in toppling nations. This video goes all the way back to 2015 to explain why the US. and its allies are to blame for the Ukraine crisis:
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