Sputnik Africa is live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart Ali Youssef Ahmed al-Sharif.
Heads of the Russian and Sudanese diplomacies are expected to hold a joint press conference after bilateral talks.
Sudan's foreign minister arrived in Moscow on Monday and met with Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov, who co-chairs the Russian-Sudanese Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation, where the two sides agreed to hold its next meeting in April.
Al-Sharif was also scheduled to meet with senior members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, and a number of Russian state officials, according to the Sudanese government spokesman.