Sudan’s Hemetti meets top Russian security official

February 25, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Deputy Head of the Sovereign Council Friday met with the Secretary-General of a Russian security body advising President Putin on military cooperation with foreign countries.

According to the official Sudan News Agency SUNA, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo “Hemetti” and Nikolai Patrushev head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation discussed “joint cooperation between Sudan and Russia in all fields and at all bilateral and international levels”.

The two sides further stressed the “activation” of all previous agreements in the fields of economic, diplomatic, political and security, exchange of expertise, training, capacity-building and technology transfer, added the agency.

The Security Council of the Russian Federation is a constitutional deliberative body that prepares decisions of the Russian President on issues of state security, military-technical cooperation with foreign states and international security cooperation.

Hemetti posted on Twitter photos of his meeting with Alexander Novak Deputy Prime Minister but he did mention his meeting with Patrushev.

The top Russian security official used to meet with international officials in Moscow or abroad to discuss security issues or cooperation.

The purpose of the meeting was not clear as the Sudanese army generals used to directly discuss cooperation or weapons sales with the Russian officials.

It is worth mentioning that RSF has been cooperating with the Russian Wagner in Sudan for long years before being separated from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS).

The deputy head of the Sovereign Council also met with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister to discuss political and economic cooperation between the two countries.

He also attended the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the Union of Chambers of Commerce in Sudan and the Russian Business Council.