🎥 President Vladimir Putin's remarks and address to the African leaders at the Second Russia–Africa Summit, Plenary Session of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

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🇷🇺🌍 President Vladimir Putin held a trilateral meeting with Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat at the Expoforum Centre.

📍 Saint Petersburg, July 27, 2023

Key talking points:

• We view the African Union as a leading regional organisation that shapes the modern security structure on the continent and paves the way for Africa to take its rightful place in the system of global economic links.

• We support the Union’s involvement in the work of leading international associations. I would like to remind you that Russia was one of the first to react positively to the initiative advanced by the President of Senegal, who preceded you in this position, for granting the African Union full membership in the G20.

• As before, Russia is ready to help strengthen African countries’ sovereignty and contribute to Africa becoming a key partner in the new system of the multipolar world order.

• Our mutual trade reached approximately 18 billion US dollars in 2022 and increased by nearly 35 percent in the first six months of 2023.

• Russia remains a reliable food supplier for Africa. In 2022, Russian food exports amounted to 4.7 billion US dollars. Many large Russian companies are successfully working in Africa. The key spheres of our cooperation include energy, subsoil use, agriculture.

🇷🇺🇰🇲 We highly value our relations with the Union of the Comoros. They are based on the principles of mutual respect and a balance of each other’s interests and have a development potential in a number of spheres. Of course, we are open to cooperation with your country in all areas.

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🇷🇺🌍 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s video address to participants in the second Russia-Africa Media Forum of top managers of Russian leading news agencies (July 27, 2023)

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💬 Relations between the Russian Federation and African states are on the upswing, which is in the fundamental interests of both sides. Russia-Africa cooperation rests on the principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference in the internal affairs. We are particularly glad to note the ongoing expansion of contacts between people. It is promoting the sympathy our people developed for each other during the period of decolonisation.

It is hard to overestimate the role of the media, primarily news agencies, in the further strengthening of friendship, trust and understanding. Now our priority goal is to expand Russia’s media presence in Africa and the African media presence in Russia. One of the aims is to overcome finally the negative stereotypes imposed by the collective West.

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It is important to fully harness the potential of modern information technology – social media, the blogosphere, and digital services and platforms.

❗️ The West is relentless in its attempts to smear the image of Russia and African states in the media space. Under the circumstances, there is high demand for the initiative, responsible work of journalists, media top managers and new media specialists.

I am convinced that you can create a constructive news agenda that will be based on truth and facts rather than manipulation and invention to which the US and European media are increasingly resorting now.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s welcome address at a working lunch with African countries’ Foreign Ministers

📍 Saint Petersburg, July 27, 2023

💬 Friends,

First of all, forgive me for the delay, please, but you know how it is during major events. Our African brothers and sisters are used to large-scale events, and this event is comparable with an African Union summit.

I believe that all of you are aware of Russia’s position, which President Vladimir Putin has put forth in great detail again during the plenary session of the Economic and Humanitarian Forum Russia-Africa today. The forum will be followed by the Russia-Africa Summit tomorrow.

🇷🇺🤝🌍 We appreciate our relations and your resolve to continue to develop our ties on the basis of equality, mutual respect and friendship, despite the attempts by you know who to pursue unipolarity in international relations contrary to the objective course of history. This course is taking us towards a multipolar world where Africa will be one of the main centres.

To Africa and our friendship!

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🇷🇺🤝🌍 The Second #RussiaAfrica Summit has concluded!

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To all our African friends and colleagues: till we meet again!

🗓 On this day in 1988, the USSR and Qatar established diplomatic relations, with embassies opened in Moscow and Doha in November 1989.

🇷🇺🇶🇦 Russia and Qatar maintain regular high-level contacts, including inter-parliamentary contacts. Russian-Qatari ties are also promoted by the Russian regions.

🤝 Established in 2010, the Joint Russia-Qatar Commission on Trade, Economic and Technological Cooperation is doing much to promote economic cooperation. Among other things, it helps 41 Russian companies to operate freely in Qatar.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund maintains successful cooperation with the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar. The two countries also collaborate closely in the energy sector.

In 2022, Russia significantly increased its exports of food and agricultural products to the Qatari market - by more than 50%.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (October 13, 2022):

💬 Relations between Qatar and Russia are developing successfully. The volume of our mutual trade is not large yet, but there is a notable development trend. Investment activities are underway. It should be said that they are highly diversified.

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