Political scientist Hakob Badalyan writes:
"The Sudanese Foreign Minister stated at a joint press conference with Lavrov that everything has agreed on the construction of a Russian Sea military base in Sudan.
The agreement was signed by Sudan and Russia in 2020, but the construction of the base remained in the later case with clashes in Sudan.
A few days ago, by the way, I referred to that topic. I presented a brief description of clashes in Sudan and emphasizing that there was a change in the ratio of so-called forces in favor of the government forces, which is supported by Russia.
However, Sudan opposed the continuation of the base construction, as he did not want to have problems with the West.
Now, in a joint press conference with Lavrov, it is actually announced to agree on everything. This is probably a certain result of Putin-Trump, a certain result of communication. In Sudan, the Russian military base means Russia's power presence in the Red Sea, which is a strategic issue.
This circumstance will allow Moscow to be more confident in Syrian military bases. In particular, keeping them will no longer have the strategic importance for the Russians to have the lack of military base in Sudan.
This is probably the reason why Putin first talked to the President of Syria Al Shaaa for the first time after a telephone conversation.
I expressed an opinion on this telephone conversation that judging by the Kremlin's message, Putin seems to have hinted that Kunena problems in Syria if they did not work with Russia. Russians have the opportunity to create these problems.
Fastening of the position in Sudan, Putin, apparently allowed some strength to feel the relationship with the new Syrian government.
Puzzle seems to be more outlined that what happened in Syria could have been "exchange" logic. "
