Sunday 10/November/2024 – 06:55 PM
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the conclusion of the first ministerial meeting of the Russia-Russia Partnership Forum And AfricaToday, Sunday, the second ministerial conference of the forum will be held next year, 2025, adding: We are happy to go anywhere to meet our African friends.
According to what was reported by the Russian TASS agency, the Russian Foreign Minister indicated that the leaders of Russia and African countries took a decision to organize annual ministerial meetings, and that the conference resulted in a joint statement and a number of concrete agreements.
Lavrov added: I think we have worked very successfully. We have adopted documents and a joint statement that includes general assessments of the situation in the world, and general assessments of the state of affairs in our partnership, whether in the economic, social, investment and security fields, in the fight against terrorism and other new challenges, and, of course, in the cultural and educational fields. And humanity.
He added: These assessments were accompanied by concrete agreements in each of these areas, and road maps that will be promoted in the near future, including part of the preparations for the second event of this kind… the Second Ministerial Conference on Partnership between Russia and Africa.
Partnership between Russia and Africa
The Russian Foreign Minister continued: In addition to the joint statement, the ministers held serious discussions on the issue of independent economies and industries. These topics stem from the profound transformations taking place in the world that will inevitably lead to the formation of a multipolar structure. Naturally, the African continent must be and will remain one of the centers. The world is multipolar.
The work of the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum began in the Russian city of Sochi, yesterday, Saturday, in which about 1,500 delegations participated, including 45 ministers from African countries.
The conference agenda focused on security and sustainable development, food security, solving the problem of access to potable water for all residents of African countries, developing education and access to it, establishing humanitarian institutions, as well as energy security, and forming and participating in equality alliances and federations at the regional level such as countries of the world (on For example, the BRICS group), as well as the green economy.
