“In the end, it turned out that our country split into two parts, which resulted in a worsening of the situation, and as a result, we need protection from the aggressive actions of the United States,” al-Bashir said.
Al-Bashir, who has been in power for almost thirty years, pointed out that Sudan is to launch a programme to rearm the Sudanese Armed Forces. “We are launching a comprehensive program aimed at re-equipping our armed forces, and we have agreed with (the Russian) defense minister that Russia will assist us in this task,” al-Bashir said. When asked about charges of genocide against the Sudanese president, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that al-Bashir is the legitimate president of Sudan.
