STORY: Sudanese leader voices willingness to enhance ties with Russia
SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024
DATELINE: April 30, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:40
LOCATION: PORT SUDAN, Sudan
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan welcomes Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
2. Al-Burhan welcomes the Russian delegation (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
3. Al-Burhan and the Russian envoy (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
4. Al-Burhan (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSEIN AL-AMIN, Sudanese Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
6. various of the Russian side to Sudanese-Russian talks (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
7. various of the Sudanese side to the talks (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
8. various of the talks (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
9. various of the talks (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
10. various of Al-Burhan and Bogdanov (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
11. various of Al-Burhan (courtesy of the official website of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council)
12. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MIKHAIL BOGDANOV, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa

STORYLINE:

Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council and General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Monday voiced Sudan's willingness to enhance ties with Russia in a way that serves the common interests of the two countries.

Al-Burhan made the remarks during his meeting with Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov in Port Sudan, the capital city of the Red Sea State in eastern Sudan, the sovereign council said in a statement.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HUSSEIN AL-AMIN, Sudanese Foreign Ministry Undersecretary
"With this visit, Russia reaffirms its support for the standing legitimacy in Sudan represented in the leadership of the sovereign council. This visit will enhance the horizons of cooperation between the two countries."

The Russian envoy said in a statement that his country was looking forward to more cooperation with Sudan in various fields, stressing that the leadership of the two countries have the political will to advance cooperation to broader horizons.

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MIKHAIL BOGDANOV, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa
"We proceed from the importance of making efforts to preserve the unity of Sudan and safety of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of this country, which has been a friend of Moscow for decades."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Port Sudan, Sudan.
(XHTV)