2019 Russia–Africa Summit
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Russia–Africa Summit 2023 |
The first Russia-Africa Summit was held on 23–24 October 2019 in Sochi, Russia, co-hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 43 heads of state or government were in attendance.
Putin emphasized "state sovereignty" and Russian willingness to offer aid or trade deals "without political or other conditions", said that "an array of Western countries are resorting to pressure, intimidation and blackmail of sovereign African governments," against which Russia was well suited to help African states push back.[1]
The
second Russia-Africa Summit was scheduled for October 2022 in Addis Ababa, but was then rescheduled to 26–29 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg.[2]
Attendees
Hosts
Other attendees
- Abdelkader Bensaleh, Acting President of Algeria
- João Lourenço, President of Angola
- Patrice Talon, President of Benin
- President of Burkina Faso
- President of the Central African Republic
- President of Chad
- President of the Comoros
- President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- President of the Republic of the Congo
- President of Djibouti
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
- King of Eswatini
- Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Prime Minister of Gabon
- President of The Gambia
- Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
- President of Equatorial Guinea
- President of Guinea[3]
- Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
- Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia
- Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya
- President of Madagascar
- President of Mali
- Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi
- President of Mauritania
- President of Mozambique
- Hage Geingob, President of Namibia
- Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria
- President of Rwanda
- President of Seychelles
- Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone
- Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaajo, President of Somalia
- Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
- President of South Sudan
- President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
- Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania
- President of Togo
- Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe
References
- ^ Gershkovich, Evan (October 26, 2019). "At Russia's Inaugural Africa Summit, Moscow Sells Sovereignty". The Moscow Times. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "Most African nations will attend Russia's second Africa-Russia summit in St Petersburg". bne IntelliNews. March 14, 2023.
- ^ Alfa Shaban, Abdur Rahman (October 23, 2019). "LIST: African presidents, PMs attending Russia - Africa summit". africanews. Retrieved October 27, 2019.