Sudan expects more investment from Iran as both countries want to develop their friendship, state news agency SUNA said on Wednesday after President Omar Hassan al-Bashir met Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Ties between Sudan and Iran have come under scrutiny in recent months after two Iranian navy ships visited Sudan in October, only days after Sudan accused Israel of bombing a weapons factory in the capital Khartoum. Analysts say Sudan's army, facing several insurgencies in the borderlands, wants to foster ties with Iran after both countries signed a military agreement in 2008. (Reuters)