Russia is interested in establishing a visa-free regime with a number of major African countries. The newspaper reports on this issue by citing a source at the Russian Foreign Ministry. “News”.
According to the addressee of the publication, Russia’s relations with continental countries such as Egypt, Algeria and Ethiopia are more developed. Therefore, Moscow wants to move towards facilitating the visa regime with these countries by providing greater access to the visa-free regime.
However, the Russian Federation is in negotiations with relatively small African states. Therefore, Moscow is coordinating a draft agreement with Zambia on the implementation of a reciprocal visa-free regime.
The source also stressed that not all African countries are ready for the rapid abolition of the visa regime. Therefore, this process is gradual.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was at a meeting with MGIMO students and teachers declarationHe said that following the results of the Russia-Africa summit, a list of instructions and business missions was drawn up.
Before Putin saidWhat Africa and Russia have in common.