on Thursday cited Dmitry Semyonov, head of the Russian Energy Ministry's International Cooperation Department, who said that"the number of oil blocks for development by our Zarubezhneft company, together with Sudan's Energy and Oil Ministry and state company Sudapec, was increased.
He said that trade turnover in agricultural products between Russia and Sudan exceeded $287 million in 2021, and that it totalled $137.7 million in January-July 2022, when wheat and sunflower oil, the main export items, with the value of $101 million and $37 million respectively, were supplied to the Sudanese market.
Minister of Minerals, Mohamed Bashir Abu Numou, who signed the agreements on behalf of the Sudanese government,