🇷🇺🇪🇹 Outcome of FM Sergey Lavrov’s working visit to Ethiopia

Minister was welcomed by President of Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde and held talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen.

✅ Progressive development of traditionally friendly Russian-Ethiopian relations was discussed during the meetings and conversations.

✅ Both sides noted a high level of trust-based political dialogue, as well as Moscow and Addis Ababa’s overlapping approaches to pressing international issues.

✅ They reiterated their mutual commitment to expand interaction and to coordinate their steps at the UN and other multilateral platforms.

✅ They also touched on preparations for the second #RussiaAfrica summit in mid-2023.

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🇷🇺🇨🇫📞 President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra.

The Presidents expressed the shared intention to intensify bilateral political, trade and economic cooperation, including in the fuel and energy sector.

During an exchange of views on the food security problem, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s readiness to make a contribution to the efforts to provide African countries with agricultural products and fertilisers.

The leaders agreed to continue interaction in the interests of strengthening the Central African Republic’s sovereignty, security and stability. Faustin-Archange Touadéra expressed gratitude to Russia for its multifaceted assistance to his country and confirmed his intention to attend the second Russia-Africa Summit scheduled to be held in St Petersburg in the summer of 2023.

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🇷🇺🇩🇿📞 President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

The Presidents noted with satisfaction that Russia-Algeria cooperation, rooted in the long-standing traditions of friendship and mutual respect, continued to steadily expand.

✅ They reaffirmed their readiness to continue working together on the global energy market, including within the OPEC Plus and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.

It was agreed to step up the contacts at various levels and preparation of important bilateral documents.

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✍️ President Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

💬 Over the years of its existence, the African Union has established itself as an effective mechanism for multilateral political, economic and humanitarian cooperation. This influential international organisation plays an important role in settling local conflicts and crises and strengthening neighbourly relations, security and stability on the African continent.

For Russia, African states have always been and remain important and reliable partners. We are united by the desire to build a just multipolar world order based on true equality and the rule of international law, free from any form of discrimination, coercive diktat or sanctions pressure.

🤝 The first ever #RussiaAfrica summit held in 2019 created good conditions for stepping up our traditionally friendly relations, both bilaterally and multilaterally. I am confident that the second summit in this format, to be held in St Petersburg in July, will allow us to set new goals for expanding cooperation between the Russian Federation and its African partners in a wide range of areas, such as addressing topical issues on the regional and international agenda.

It will be my pleasure to welcome you in St Petersburg. I look forward to continuing to work together constructively for the benefit of our countries and peoples, and in the interests of the peaceful and prosperous development of the African continent.