The Sudanese army will leave the political arena after the 2023 elections, Sudanese Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told Reuters on Saturday in an interview.

Al-Burhan added that the former ruling party, National Congress Party, would not be part of the transitional process.

Regarding a Russian naval base in Sudan, al-Burhan said the deal was under discussion. However, he noted that relations with Russia were strong.

International economic support would return through a civilian government, al-Burhan said, adding that the country would not reverse reforms by reinstating subsidies or returning to printing money.

The army general asserted that international economic support would return through a civilian government while announcing that Sudan would not be reversing reforms by reinstating subsidies nor going back to printing money.

Sudanese people took Tuesday to the streets in Sudan in a march organized by the Sudanese Professionals Association, the Sudanese Communist Party, and the resistance committees in rejection of the recent political agreement between al-Burhan and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.