Hemedti Says Sudan Should Be Open to Naval Base Accord with Russia, or Others

Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council and head of the RSF, addresses a news conference in Juba, South Sudan January 14, 2020. (Reuters)

Sudan's deputy head of state said on Wednesday his country had no problem with Russia or any other country opening a naval base on its Red Sea coast, provided it posed no threat to national security.

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council, was speaking on arrival in Khartoum following a trip to Moscow that began on Feb. 23, the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.