MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir will arrive in Russia on July 13 and he hopes to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country’s embassy in Moscow told TASS on Thursday.

"The president is expected to come on Friday. The visit will last two or three days," the embassy said adding that al-Bashir was planning to meet with Putin. However, the date for the meeting has not fixed.

The Sudanese president’s previous visit to Russia was in the autumn of 2017.