Complicit Dossier

Procurement and supply networks · foreign state-owned defence company

CPMIEC (as written in the official post; presumably China National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation)

  • Reported or alleged link, not established
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

On 5 Sept 2024 in Beijing, Burhan presided over the signing of a cooperation agreement between Sudan's Defense Industries System (DIS, US/EU-sanctioned) and CPMIEC, described as a company specialised in 'vital defence industries'. DIS director-general Mirghani Idris attended; DIS's international-cooperation director signed. The post does not say what is to be supplied.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.

Grade A: Official record

CPMIEC (as written in the official post; presumably China National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation) – cooperation agreement with DIS

On 5 Sept 2024 in Beijing, Burhan presided over the signing of a cooperation agreement between Sudan's Defense Industries System (DIS, US/EU-sanctioned) and CPMIEC, described as a company specialised in 'vital defence industries'. DIS director-general Mirghani Idris attended; DIS's international-cooperation director signed. The post does not say what is to be supplied.

Fact-check
No Chinese or CPMIEC statement located. Not fact-checked.
Source
official SAF-side (Transitional Sovereignty Council media office channel; presents as official, signed 'إعلام مجلس السيادة الانتقالي', active since 2020; not cross-verified from a government website)
  1. 1Sovereignty Council media office · t.me · 5 Sep 2024

NamesChinaal-BurhanDISMirghani Idris

Relationships

1

← means the other party acts on this one; → means this one acts on the other.

Political ties · 1

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
China (inferred)
Places
Beijing

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 2

  • Mirghani Idris Suleiman hypothesis

    No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record (via Defense Industries System (DIS)).

  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan hypothesis

    No direct tie is documented. Basis: named in the other actor's record.