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🗓 On July 27-28, St. Petersburg hosted the Second Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

The Forum and Summit were attended by official delegations from 48 countries (27 nations were represented by the head of state or the second highest official) and the five largest integration associations of the continent.

📃 The Summit resulted in the adoption of five key documents:
• Declaration of the Second #RussiaAfrica Summit;
• Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit on the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space;
• Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit on Cooperation to Ensure International Information Security;
• Declaration of the Second Russia-Africa Summit on Strengthening Cooperation to Combat Terrorism;
• Action Plan of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum for 2023–2026.

A total of 59 panel sessions were held with 457 speakers in four main areas: ‘The New Global Economy’, ‘Cooperation in Science and Technology’, ‘The Humanitarian and Social Sphere: Working Together for a New Quality of Life’, and ‘Integrated Security and Sovereign Development’.

💬 President Vladimir Putin's concluding remarks at the second plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit (July 28, 2023): "We had a meaningful and interested exchange of views on the entire range of strategic cooperation between Russia and African nations. <...> We determined the main areas of our further joint work and mapped out our plans for enhancing foreign policy coordination, building up trade and investment flows and promoting industrial cooperation between Russia and African countries. <...> We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing."

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