Sudan has dismissed all reports of Iran’s intention to establish a naval base on the country’s Red Sea coast, which comes at a time when the creation of the Russian Navy in the country has been postponed indefinitely due to the ongoing fighting. The WSJ also claimed that the Iranian military installation “would have allowed Tehran to monitor maritime traffic to and from the Suez Canal and Israel,” according to a senior Sudanese intelligence official. Sudan’s top diplomat denied these claims, saying that Iran has “never asked Sudan to establish a base there. “Due to the dissolution of parliament, the Sudanese side has not yet been able to complete the necessary internal ratification procedures,” Andrei Chernovol, Russian Ambassador to Sudan, said recently. Plans for the creation of Russian military infrastructure in Port Sudan have now been discussed for more than four years.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 12, 2024 13:13 UTC