Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Thursday on a working visit to Khartoum, a TASS correspondent reports.
In Sudan, Lavrov is scheduled to meet with the country's Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq Ali, with Deputy Chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) and Head of the country's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The last time the head of the Russian ministry visited Sudan in 2014.
According to the Russian foreign ministry, the sides are expected to discuss key aspects of Russian-Sudanese comprehensive cooperation and current international and regional problems with a focus on the necessity of political and diplomatic solutions to the crisis situations in the Middle East and on the African continent. Much attention will be paid to the preparations for the second Russia-Africa summit due to be held in Russia’s St. Petersburg in July.
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Based on materials from TASS