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The speakers offered insights into potential prospects for conflict resolution, reviewed Russia’s current stance on the conflict and suggested how it could change with respect to Moscow’s long-term policy in the African Great Lakes region.
Leading African experts from Russian institutes, universities, research and education centers, including the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IMEMO RAS and the Institute of World History of RAS, as well as Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University,...
... a roundtable discussion “Alliance of Sahel States as a New Component of Regional Security: Threats and Opportunities for Russia.”
The experts explored the social and political development of the countries making up the Alliance of Sahel States. Russian and African experts also exchanged views on the alliance’s real capabilities in tackling external and internal threats.
The speakers also addressed the organizers’ questions on the internal and external drivers behind the expansion of geographic control ...
... with the aspiring states. The Federal Republic of Germany and Japan, for instance, have been
classified as unfriendly nations
by the Russian Government’s Resolution No. 430-r, dated March 5, 2022.
Following the 15
th
summit of BRICS in Johannesburg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
supported
the candidacies of India, Brazil and South Africa “as states whose active role in this worldwide organization we appreciate and we want it to be bolstered in the Security Council.” Speaking about the claims of the Group of Four, Lavrov noted that its members “share the same interests in ...
... across Africa and its connection with supply channels, as well as the development of processing and packaging facilities, and improved technical literacy are all components of food sovereignty. Russia is ready to share technologies with its partners in Africa, and Russian companies are interested in sharing their experience in precision farming, plant breeding, and digital solutions. Moreover, a growing number of African students are studying agriculture in Russian universities.
Food sovereignty does not imply ...
... infrastructure. Logistics and energy enable economic processes - their development is a multiplier. Whether it is the Merowi Dam in Sudan or Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya, China has an impressive legacy of successful infrastructure development across Africa.
Russia, too, has much to offer. Leveraging its comparative advantages in energy, nuclear technology, agriculture, and extractive industries, Russia can work with African countries to create an efficient base for generating the building blocks of advanced ...
The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa is set to bring major changes to the global economic landscape
The 15th BRICS summit in South Africa is set to bring major changes to the global economic landscape as the bloc is preparing to unleash an expansion that may result in a significant ...
... cooperation with African countries. We fully share this approach. We are ready to contribute to economic growth on the continent and to strengthening security there, including its food and energy components. A striking example is the outcome of the Second Russia-Africa Summit held in St. Petersburg on 27-28 July 2023.
In this context, it is natural that our grouping has many like-minded countries around the world. BRICS is seen as a positive force that can strengthen the solidarity of the Global South and Global ...
In July 2023, two notable international summits took place: the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) Summit and the Africa-Russia Summit. Below are some impressions to assess to compare the implications of both events. A comparative analysis of the final declarations of both summits yields the following impressions:
Although the EU-CELAC Summit had a relatively positive outcome ...
The choice of St. Petersburg to host last weeks Russia-Africa summit was no accident. It was a symbolic move
Last week’s Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg was a landmark event in Moscow’s foreign policy concept and practice. Not so much because it brought scores of African leaders and senior officials ...
... part of an investment portfolio. In an investment portfolio we can have stocks, bonds, currency. But every investment portfolio has some kind of insurance asset. It can be gold, it can be real estate, it can be a very reliable non-combustible asset. So Russia for African countries in their foreign policy investment portfolio is exactly that insurance asset. True, such an asset usually does not occupy a dominant position in the portfolio, but in the event of a crisis, it’s the asset that can save the investor....
