Demonstrators march during an anti-government demonstration in the Sharoni district, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, March 14, 2023. -/AFP
DECRYPTION – Isolated on the international stage, Russia can count on a long-standing ally.
in Khartoum,
While civilians and soldiers negotiate a political transition in Khartoum, foreign delegations follow one another in the capital. The visit of six Western envoys in early February, at a time when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was touring through the Sudanese capital, leaves little room for the hypothesis of a coincidence in time. A wish of the European Union and the United States not to let Russia expand its influence in this country of strategic importance for Moscow.
Russia is internationally isolated and can count on a long-standing ally in Sudan. Connections from the days of the dictator Omar al-Bashir, when Moscow was Sudan’s main arms supplier and its third largest economic partner in sub-Saharan Africa. In exchange for political and military support, the government granted Russian companies privileged access to the country’s gold reserves. A system that endures despite the revolution…
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