Flashback – Sudan: US warns Khartoum over allowing Russia to build Red Sea naval base
Mon 5:09 pm +01:00, 24 Apr 2023Middle East Eye – Sept 28, 2022
John Godfrey, who earlier this month became the first US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years, has warned Khartoum not to allow Russia to establish a naval base on its Red Sea coast, saying it would harm the country’s interests.
Godfrey made the remarks during an interview with the Sudanese newspaper Al-Tayar, in which he said his mission was to thaw ties between Khartoum and Washington and that he wished to see a civilian government running the country.
However, he also spoke of Russian influence in Sudan, warning against the rekindling of a 2017 agreement to establish a Russian navy base in Port Sudan, a major seaport city and the arrival point of 90 percent of the country’s imports.
Sudan signed an agreement allowing Moscow to build the base, capable of hosting nuclear-powered ships, during the government of former President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in 2019.
Russia would lease the site for 25 years and could extend the deal for another 10 years, giving it access to the Red Sea’s warm waters and the international trade chokepoint of Bab el-Mandeb.
Godfrey told Al-Tayar on Tuesday that “it is essential to say that international isolation around Russia and President [Vladimir] Putin is currently increasing due to the… invasion of Ukraine”.
He added that “if the government of Sudan decides to proceed with the establishment of this facility, or to renegotiate it, it will be harmful to Sudan’s interest”.
‘We have no problem dealing with Russia’
In February, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, made a one-week visit to Russia, which coincided with the invasion of Ukraine.
Dagalo, also known as Hemeti, said at the time that there were no obstacles to establishing a Russian military base if it would benefit the interests of Sudan, remarks which brought condemnation from the US.
“We have 730km on the Red Sea. Suppose any country wanted to set up a military base, and we have with it common interests, and it does not threaten our national security,” said Hemeti. “In that case, we have no problem dealing with Russia or others.”
Godfrey told Al-Tayar: “All countries have a sovereign right to decide which other countries to partner with, but these choices have consequences, of course.”
The ambassador added that any such base on the Red Sea would “lead to further isolation of Sudan at a time when most Sudanese want to become closer to the international community”.
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Soon the US will put its hand up to go pee. All its own doing.
US has warned Khartoum not to allow Russia to establish a naval base on its Red Sea coast, saying it would harm the country’s interests.
but by all means you should establish at least one US naval base on your red sea coast. because that be in your country’s best interests
fuck You US deep state !
Russia has many places to go :
mogadishu, daressalam, maputo, durban, luanda,
havanna, laguaira, maracaibo.barranquilla,
veracruz, matamoros, montevideo, callao etc etc
Typical, hastily cobbled together clusterf**k by the US government, trying to hold onto US hegemony.
The nice thing about the web is you get to talk to people from all over the world, and you get the same opinion;
The US is the laughing stock of the world
Unless you’re someplace where the US is ‘spreading democracy’. Then you’re not laughing.
The US has the audacity to complain Russian fighter jets are harrying its troops which illegally occupy Syria, with some believing these actions may soon force the US to flee. This type of action can be repeated in parts of Africa where they’re not welcomed either but like all ticks they’re hard to remove. This may be the beginning of the end for the Great Satan now it can’t just dominate the weak like it was used to doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh6qJb_CQJo
https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=267995