Sudan Offers More Oil Blocks to Russian Company

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Sudan Offers More Oil Blocks to Russian Company

[Dabanga] Moscow / Khartoum -- Sudan has offered more oil blocks to Russia's Zarubezhneft oil company, at the end of a three-day visit of a high-level government delegation to Moscow. The two countries also agreed to enhance cooperation and expand trade in several other sectors.

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