ANTALYA (Turkey), March 3, Zaman Ramazanov. Iran has never approached Sudan with a request to build its naval base in the country, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Sadiq Ali said in an interview.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a senior Sudanese intelligence official, that Iran allegedly sought permission from Sudan to build a permanent naval base on the Red Sea coast in exchange for military equipment, but never received Khartoum's consent. . The WSJ claimed Iran wanted to use the naval base on the Red Sea coast to gather intelligence and station warships there, but Khartoum rejected Tehran's offer to avoid severing ties with the US and Israel.
““I read the Wall Street Journal article today, this news is incorrect,” Ali told the agency on the sidelines of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya.
«Iran never asked Sudan to build an Iranian base. I recently visited Iran, this topic was not the subject of discussion,» the minister emphasized.
Since April 15, 2023, fighting has been going on in Sudan between the Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) under the command of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo and the regular army. The parties exchange contradictory statements regarding successes in combat operations and control over objects, launching a large-scale information war in the media and social networks.