On 25 July 2018 local media reported that Sudan and Russia signed an agreement on gas exploration in the Red Sea. The agreement was signed by Bakhit Ahmad Abdullah, Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Oil and Gas and Sergey Panov head of the Russian institute Rosgeologia. The Minister of Natural Resources, Dimitri Kolybkin who is heading the Russian delegation in Sudan was present at the signature. He met also the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
On 25 July 2018 local media reported that Sudan and Russia signed an agreement on gas exploration in the Red Sea. The agreement was signed by Bakhit Ahmad Abdullah, Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Oil and Gas and Sergey Panov head of the Russian institute Rosgeologia. The Minister of Natural Resources, Dimitri Kolybkin who is heading the Russian delegation in Sudan was present at the signature. He met also the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.