US knocks Russian sale of MiGs to Sudan

Sudanese Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein has said that during a visit to Moscow, Sudan bought 12 MiG-29 fighter jets from Russia.

The United States criticized this sale that Russia made to Sudan.

Russia has been accused before by Amnesty International last year of violating a UN resolution by supplying Sudan with arms that were used in the war-torn region of Darfur.

"Sudan is a poor country and to go out and buy MiGs, obviously that's something we don't think is a positive step," US State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood told reporters. "It's the last thing that country needs," Wood said.

Sudan's Beshir declared a ceasefire in Darfur and called for disarming militias, the question is will he follow through?

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