Russia, together with its African partners, is exploring the possibility of holding a meeting with foreign affairs department heads in the autumn of 2024. This was stated byTASS Vsevolod Tkachenko, Director of the African Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
According to him, representatives of African and Russian countries came to St. They will need to summarize the interim results of the work done after the summit in St. Petersburg. He noted that the meeting is planned to be held within the framework of a new regular dialogue mechanism in the form of a ministerial conference.
The diplomat reminded that the first Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi in 2019 gave a strategic vector for the development of cooperation between Russia and African countries. St. in 2023 At the second summit, held in St. Petersburg, participants agreed on implementation tools that will give the course a strategic character.
Before that Vsevolod Tkachenko statedIt was stated that the Russian Federation met with representatives of African countries to open new flight routes.
Also the Russian Embassy in the USA statedIt is stated that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to hide the truth about its “dirty plans” in Africa with unfounded allegations against the Russian Federation.
It was previously known that Russia. trains More embassies are opening in many African countries.