Recognition of Ukraine: April 25, 1992
Establishment of diplomatic relations: June 4, 1992
Sudan falls under the jurisdiction of the Embassy of Ukraine in Egypt. Ukraine maintains an Honorary Consulate in Khartoum. In September 2013, the Embassy of the Republic of Sudan was opened in Ukraine.
Political Dialogue and High-Level Contacts:
May 2002 – First official visit to Ukraine by a senior Sudanese official, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
December 2009 – Visit of Sudan’s State Minister for Animal Resources and Fisheries, F. Ibrahim.
May 2012 – Visit of Sudan’s Minister of Transport, Roads and Bridges, F. Abdalla.
July 2012 – Visit of Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, A. Karti.
September 2012 – Visit of Sudan’s Minister of Science and Communications, I. Muhammad.
February 2013 – Visit of Sudan’s Minister of Transport, Roads and Bridges, A. Nagar.
July 2018 – Political consultations between the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Sudan (at the level of departmental directors) held in Kyiv.
December 3, 2020 – Telephone conversation between Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Sudan’s Foreign Minister O. Ismail.
March 5, 2023 – Meeting between Ukraine’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, M. Subkh, and Sudan’s Acting Foreign Minister, A. Al-Sadiq, on the sidelines of the 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Doha.
September 23, 2023 – Meeting between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Transitional Council, A. Al-Burhan, at Shannon Airport (Ireland).
Support for Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity:
Since 2014, Sudan has generally voted against pro-Ukrainian resolutions at the UN General Assembly, including the resolution “Territorial Integrity of Ukraine” (March 27, 2014) and other resolutions related to human rights in Crimea and other temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine; the militarization of Crimea, Sevastopol, and parts of the Black and Azov Seas.
However, since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Sudan has chosen to abstain from voting on several key UNGA resolutions, including:
“Aggression against Ukraine” (March 2, 2022)
“Humanitarian consequences of the aggression against Ukraine” (March 24, 2022)
“Territorial integrity of Ukraine: defending the principles of the UN Charter” (October 12, 2022)
“Principles of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine” (February 23, 2023)
“Safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including Zaporizhzhia NPP” (July 11, 2024)
Humanitarian Assistance:
Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 380/2018 dated November 22, 2018, Ukraine decided to provide humanitarian aid to Sudan to help alleviate hunger.
Additionally, between February and April 2024, within the framework of the international humanitarian initiative “Grain from Ukraine”, a total of 22,265 tons of Ukrainian wheat flour was delivered to the Republic of Sudan through the World Food Programme.