rose to the highest step of the pedestal in the competition among men, having formalized for himself the status of a two-time olympic champion. when the scores were announced, i was surprisingly calm, now i am very nervous and awkward, and i am even worried, the realization has not come, but let's say that i am glad that i really defended the title, showed myself from the good side, that is, it was not in vain that all this work for these 3 years, it will be possible to rest a little again to fight for a medal. friends and relatives gathered to meet the olympians at the minsk national airport athletes, representatives of nokia and the ministry of sports and tourism. belarusian athletes continue to fight for medals at the paris olympics. vladislav kravets directly advanced to the semi-finals in the single kayak 1.00m competition. the heats for the finals will be held on august 10. a month ago i found out that i was going to the olympic games, started training in the single kayak, got myself in good shape, and even reached my peak, you could

say. i got sick the day before the competition, and now i’m sort of recovering, i hope that before on the tenth i will get myself in excellent shape and show my best result. it seems that this has never happened in belarus, the elements swept away, broke, and flooded everything in their path for a week, and

shooting is an extreme method, you must always learn to negotiate. lithuania, latvia, and estonia have banned entry into their territory by cars with belarusian license plates. our mit immediately declared: there will be no retaliatory sanctions, on the contrary, the president supported the introduction of a visa-free regime for all europeans, a plane, a train , or a car - green light. main topics in main broadcast. watch on the belarus 24 tv channel

. let me remind you that the program is for those who want to better understand what is happening and understand how these processes, events, people will affect the life of the country of each of us. on this hot summer day, it is worth talking about the hot continent, about africa, about joint projects of interaction and the goals of the union state and africa, we will talk in more detail after the discussion of key events in the world politics of this thread. president of belarus alexander lukashenko decided to pardon a german citizen.

rico krieger, who traveled to belarus as a tourist in october 2023, krieger, on assignment from the sbu, conducted reconnaissance and photographed military equipment, the territory of a military unit, railway tracks and a loading/unloading platform near the azirishche railway station near minsk. he sent the data he received to a representative of the ukrainian special service. after that, the german planted explosives on the railway tracks of the azirishche station, reported to his supervisor and returned to the hotel in minsk. on october 5 , at about midnight, an explosion occurred at the station before the arrival of a passenger train. as a result, sleepers were destroyed, rails were displaced, the track bed was damaged , and a crater was formed on the crushed stone ballast. on october 6, krieger was about to fly to... was detained on the perch. krieger was found guilty under six articles of the criminal code of the republic of belarus for terrorism, agent activity, and mercenarism. he was sentenced to the death penalty. krieger appealed to the belarusian president with a request for clemency. with taking into account all the circumstances, the head of belarus

decided to pardon. venezuelan president nicolas maduro won the presidential election, as the chairman said. and the candidate from the opposition united platform edmund gonzalez rutin 44.2%. at the same time, to win, the candidate only needs to get a simple, not an absolute majority. the turnout was 59%. belarusian leader alexander lukashenko congratulated nicolas maduro on his victory in the presidential election in venezuela. maduro said after the results were announced that his re-election was a triumph peace and stability, adding once again that venezuela's electoral system has demonstrated transparency. the opposition did not recognize the election results. its leader, right-wing politician maria karina machada, who is banned from running for president and by decisions of the comptroller general and

the supreme court of the republic, called gonzález the elected president. against the backdrop of nicolas madur's re-election , thousands of people took to the streets of caracas. mass clashes between protesters are taking place in the capital of venezuela. police officers. re-elected president maduro said that the actions of protesters on the streets of the venezuelan capital are similar to the actions of participants in color revolutions, behind which stand the americans. the head of state noted that the protesters attacked law enforcement officers and were engaged in vandalism. according to maduro , approximately 80% of those detained had previously had problems with the law. hamas political leader and head of the politburo ismail haniyeh was killed in tehran. hamas officially acknowledged the death of the head of the politburo in a statement, placing responsibility for the incident on israel. the movement stated that the attack occurred after haniyeh took part in the inauguration ceremony of the new iranian president masoud pezeshkian. the iranian foreign ministry called the us government an accomplice of israel in the murder of ismail haniyeh. the main goal of the attack on

the head of the hamas politburo is to increase instability in the middle east, according to tehran. iran has an inalienable right to respond appropriately to the murder of the head of the politburo. namas in tehran. the islamic revolutionary guard corps reported that an investigation is currently underway into the incident. its results will be announced later. israel has not yet commented on the news of the death of the head of the hamas politburo. well, i will begin today's program with this historical sketch. in the 1880s, when the european powers were gripped by a fever of colonial conquests, one of the guests of the german chancellor ottavon bismarck noticed that he did not have a map of africa in his office. bismarck under his guest to the map of europe. here is france, bismarck showed. here is russia, and between them we are. here is my map of africa. and long for years, historians have cited this episode as an example of bismarck's pure national pragmatism, free from spotlighting and geopolitical fantasies. the ruling circles

eventually convinced bismarck of the advisability of acquiring colonies on the black continent, which became one of the causes of world war i. today, skeptics are also asking , given the number of unresolved problems in europe, whether the union state should reach out to limpo and kolahari, what skeptics do not understand, why russia-africa is important for belarus, will be discussed in today's program. i am glad welcome to our studio andrei viktorovich manoylo, doctor of political science, professor of moscow state university named after lomanosov, hello, good afternoon. vadim franzovich gigen, deputy of the house of representatives of the national assembly of belarus, director general of the national library of belarus. chairman of the board of the belarusian knowledge society, vadim franzevich. how nice to introduce you! hello! hello! well, as per tradition, we begin our discussion with bliss question: one franzovich: africa in the 21st century. still a continent of problems or a new the engine of the world economy? a continent with problems, but with a very big prospect, if briefly? a wonderful answer to a nearby question.

yes, andrey viktorovich, please. africa is a colossal storehouse of resources, in this regard it is a springboard for future development and the world economy and ... and what are the goals to what extent does the creation of this confederation switch with the goals, tasks, vision of a union state in africa? well, the reasons are related to the fact that there is a revision and limitation of the colonial legacy of france. for a long time there was such a term "francafrica". he became infected during the period of the collapse of the french colonial empire, the year of africa is the sixtieth year, and approximately from the presidency of charles. but especially happened under valery stena, such a theory arises, i think

many of the viewers are familiar with it from the famous film with belmando the professional, everyone remembers the music, but if you remember the plot, this is a typical francafrica, that is , having formally refused the colony, do not leave the colony, i will remind you that there is such a currency for fourteen countries, the kaa franc, they call it differently, but in in reality, its name was originally the franc of the french colonies in africa, that is , the typical neo-colony system was preserved. and it began to happen that the french ceased to cope with their leadership in the region, they were unable to ensure economic prosperity, well , prosperity, you know, conditionally, at least some assistance, they were unable to ensure security, because terrorist, separatist and often fundamentalist groups mixed with a political interpretation of islam began to grow in these countries, there are very active, armed conflicts broke out in these countries, as a result of these armed conflicts

a new young military-political elite came to the fore, which began to push aside the old oligarchic elite, connected, well, with some kind of family ties and supported by france, plus a very large population growth, i will remind you that the countries that you show, well , in particular we can talk about at least chad, malia, but i will speak in french, nigeria after all, these are countries that occupy the first... places in birth rate, in total, in the total fertility rate, these are the countries with the highest number of babies that are born with a very rapid population growth, plus the french began to take measures to limit immigration from these countries, all this together led to the growth of problems of the crisis of this concept of franz-africa, it has already been buried, it is believed that macronism is the end of this concept and on this basis enough ...

but the fact is that these three african states, which were previously under the strong influence france, which did whatever it wanted there, if it was necessary to organize a coup d'etat, a foreign french legion would calmly fly out and carry out a coup d'etat, it was necessary to eliminate some leader who did not fit into the model of governance, they eliminated the leader, and so all this remained literally until... recent years, the russian federation has completely different approaches in interaction with africa, of course, of course,

now these countries have the opportunity to get an alternative, that is, to oust the french, who by and large remained at the level of neocolonial management of these territories, and so they promoted only their own interests to enlist the support of some other major center of power, but such a center... the power turned out to be the russian federation, which first spread its activity in mali, and then in other countries, and this is of course a very strong blow to france first of all, because the economy of france, the energy of france is nuclear energy, france is very dependent on uranium supplies, a large some of the uranium that was supplied to france was mined in uranium mines in...

this is the flight, they were forced out of there because they were not ready for the emergence of another major player, they relaxed by and large, well, and short-sightedness there, everything in a complex, eh. but this does not mean that they do not have the strength to continue this game, they will gather their strength, in general, we still have some work to do with them, here vadim frantich, tell me, please, could there be some kind of agreement in the future, and a certain exchange, africa, ukraine, some

certain relationship, that is, the sphere of interests is obvious, we are talking about a model that, in general... donald trump offers something openly and closedly, this is the so -called big deal, a big deal on the division of spheres of influence, what, by the way, medvedev, dmitry anatolyevich, the future president after the five-day war in south ossetia formulated principles there, yes, to divide the world into zones of responsibility, such, they often talk about this, how realistic it is, we need to see if we can trust the west, definitely not, will it fulfill its obligations, of course not, in this regard. and what, in fact, is there to exchange? will russia leave west africa and will france come there? no, the united states and china will come there, that is, the current rather conditional confrontation between russia and africa, because well, such an open clash is not happening there, as for example was in chat at one time, africa openly clashed there with muammar gaddafi, let's say, yes, that is, there is no open clash here,

in this regard, what should we talk about? besides, let's move on to the critical part, i would say that we should not overestimate russia's capabilities in africa now, because if we compare trade turnover, if we compare russia's investment capabilities, it is inferior not only to china, the european union, and france is not one country, it is the european union, in a number of positions they act jointly, it acts too, it acts to the united states, turkey is inferior, that is, russia as an external economic partner of the major players, even she doesn't...

russia in africa, vadim frantsich, i apologize for interrupting you, yes, please, very timely, yes, well, look, it all started, so to speak, with the central african republic, it was such a first approach, the formation of permanent bases, a very difficult situation, but the king, one of the classic countries of influence is precisely france, where that very foreign legion could overthrow anyone, that emperor bakasa, famous one of the most brutal stories of africa, for some reason in it they blamed the soviet union, it had nothing to do with it at all, it was... the french did it all, the same valery zheskara organized an absolutely cringe-worthy, operetta-like coronation at the time, and behind all this serious problems were brewing there, the growth of islamism, tribalism, what is tribalism, this is one of the main problems when political groups, they can be called some kind of socialist liberation front or national movement, in reality they are supporters of or members

of one group, one clan, one tribes that unite under some loud name, and often have nothing to do with this... ideology, here is a classic example - this is the tsar, france absolutely failed to cope with the settlement of the conflict, moreover, it tried to play, russia entered successfully, i will speak briefly, russia's influence in the tsar is very large, if you like, initially it was one of the main bases of the same pmc wagner, yes, events in mali, in burkina faso in nigeria, here is burkina faso an interesting example, because often the west accuses russia that in order to organize its military bases, it artificially changes the situation, these are some kind of top-level events, nothing like that. burkina faso, the anti-colonialist movement - this is initially the upper volta. what is the upper volta? this is a classic christomathic example of french colonialism and neocolonialism. after the formal withdrawal of france. so burkina faso, literally, is the homeland of decent

people, there is a revolution there, as they call it, and in many ways it was so, a military revolution, without any intervention of the soviet union, caused... to fight, she tried to carry out two significant finally lost, she can still military operations to fight islamists, well , there are even more, but the main one is the dune and serval, all these operations failed, france

actually did not talk about it loudly, suffered a military defeat, she did not realize the declared goals before local governments, and the russian military presence turned out to be effective, russia could help the central governments or those that came as a result of military coups, but they call them revolutions. russia was able not only to ensure their stability, but also effective opposition, as it happened in niger with the americans, even with the american military base, to ensure their alliance. the question arises, are those african countries ready to see representatives of the united states of america and france on their territory again, that is, here first of all it is worth asking them about this. we recalled the creation of the confederation of the alliance of sahel states, and the countries decided to do another step towards greater integration, the integration is based not only on the issue of security, but also on opposition from the former metropolitan france, and the wider hegemon represented by the united states. not only this, we will recall in more detail in

our story. niger, mali and burkina faso, political chaos has engulfed these african countries in recent years. in 2021, in male, the junta took control of the country. in burkina faso, power passed to the military in 2022 following two coups in niger , the military. overthrew the president in 2023. the soldiers who seized power agreed fight jihadists together. this threat also played a role in the military coups economic community of west african countries, but they did not support the leaders who came to power and imposed sanctions. in september last year, the countries created the sahel state alliance. at that time, its main goal was to jointly fight terrorism. now the states have formed the sahel state confederation in order to take another step towards greater integration. did not conclude the relevant agreement, this happened following the results of the neame summit, which was attended by the leaders of three countries, information about the new african union is not yet so much, it is known

about various joint projects that will affect a variety of areas, the alliance will also have to introduce a common financial unit, during the first year the chairmanship of the union will be mali, and i think it is worth inviting the french political analyst nicolas mirkovic to our discussion. mr. mirkovic, the playwright. mr. mirkovic, the significant reduction of french influence in africa has become one of results of macron's presidency. what is the reason for this failure, personal mistakes of macron and his team or the general weakening of france in the international arena? well, i think that this is not a new story, it has been going on for quite a long time. macron pursued the same policy in africa as his predecessors. france has always had a special attitude towards africa. on the one hand, france gave independence to many states that were former colonies, but nevertheless retained

a special interest in these countries with economic point of view. france has always maintained good relations with the local aristocracy.

europeans and even americans see that, but in general, both the french and others are changing architecture in africa, that is, with the arrival of russia, the balances are changing there, and what previously seemed unshakable

, the french... colonial power, it is stepping aside, and what will replace it, it is difficult to say, because the elites, well , indeed, the african continent is changing very much, there is demographics and other things, or you are also getting younger, but their habits the old ones remain, in this regard - there is always a risk that these young elites kicked out the french, who also happened to be on the receiving end. americans from the base in niger , including in order to then launch them, but with a completely different target, in this regard, here we must understand that mm african politics is very complex and multifaceted and - the very regimes with which we are building relationships, they are playing their own game and they are not pursuing our interests, they are pursuing strictly their own interests. well, i think,

it is worth hearing a rather vivid statement by the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko that the countries of africa and latin america have had their fill of colonialism from the leading countries, we will hear direct speech. so far. little attention is paid to dialogue at the level of the union with the african continent, africa, like latin america, has had its fill of colonialism from the corresponding leading countries, and this is the moment when we must come to africa. yes, vadim frantsovich, belarus is present in africa, relations are improving, and it is worth talking about the economic component. these data are closed, but i think you know certain figures, the same trade turnover with those countries with which belarus is building quite, let's not talk seriously, but close relations, look,

belarus is coming to africa not for the first time, appointing a new minister of foreign affairs, the president spoke quite critically about the previous activity, the ministry has beaten not the last... although the head of state constantly pointed out the need to develop relations with the countries that we call tropical africa, because africa is very big, there is north africa, maghreb is arab africa, there is african rock, there is, well, conditionally tropical africa, southern, central, there are different typologies of the african continent, but we are talking about the classical understanding of africa as tropical, and our successes in this area are associated with the name of the authoritative statesman viktor vladimovich sheiman, who for many years was

specifically responsible for cooperation, for example , zimbabwe, there we really moved forward quite seriously in cooperation in areas of mineral extraction, you say the figures are closed, but no, unfortunately, the trade turnover with most. countries of africa is, to put it mildly, small in a number of positions , practically non-existent, however, the latest efforts of the head of state to turn not only to the east, but to the south, since we are talking about the global south, in particular the president's big tour of african countries, it brings results, i would define here the strategy for the development of belarus in this, the development of our foreign policy in this direction, we choose one or two countries as entry points, this is practically the case everywhere, the president again... when appointing the minister of foreign affairs maxim vladimirovich ryzhenkov , he spoke about this, that is, all over the planet, we determine the countries, mit acts as the headquarters, responsible persons are assigned to the most significant areas - senior

officials or simply high-ranking leaders, let's say, for russia, this is dmitry krutoy, the current head of the administration for china, first deputy prime minister nikolai snopkov, well, traditionally for africa and part of latin america america has been answering for a long time. viktor sheiman, the embassy works very effectively to promote primarily economic interests, we now have such entry points into africa - these are south africa, zimbabwe and equatorial guinea, this is a very well- chosen direction, far, although not all of these countries show high economic indicators, but there are political regimes friendly to us, this must be taken into account the political situation, because if we talk about growth rates, then angola with its oil fields, let's say in the countries of the horn of africa. this is ethiopia, they are developing quite quickly, although in african countries there is such a nuance, a dynamically growing population, as it were , eats up this economic growth per capita, but nevertheless there is money in africa, if you look at the pre-covid indicators of economic growth in a number

of countries, and even recovery after covid, well , there are figures that are often two or three times higher than the world ones, that is, these countries are developing dynamically, africa is no longer the same as ours the fugitives imagine, these people who adhere to the supposedly liberal ideology, they should be anti-racists, but they are racists, here is every visit of our president, they barely restrain themselves from slipping into some kind of insults of the russian type, because what africa, what does africa have to do with it, guys, africa is a promising continent, it is a continent where there is a deposit, where there is a great demand for belarusian products, everyone talks about the military industry, not only the military industry, for example, light industry is sewing - uniforms for the same schoolchildren, these are educational services, by the way, recently i noticed that the number of guys, students from african countries has increased on the streets of minsk, and they are very interested in the formation of this new elite, the new intelligentsia, by the way, something in which the soviet union has always

been very successful, an industry in which the soviet union has always been very successful, you can still come to some african country or meet at conferences of representatives of the same angola, ethiopia, where there are either people of advanced age of sufficient age, who studied. ussr, or their children, who still retain love for the soviet union, because their parents studied, that is, we should not neglect this, this is money, this is influence, this is the authority of our country, but for the economy we need. this is factoring, elements of even mediation,

that is, when they do not take cash, but as a pledge, well, to simplify it completely, very primitively, like a mortgage, here you have no money for housing, you buy housing with a mortgage, here is approximately the same thing, a number of large states, in belarus there is no such opportunity, i draw attention to the new instruments that have begun to be used, why did the president visit africa from dubai, because the arab countries, in particular the united arab emirates, are ready to participate in co-financing. belarusian projects on the african continent, we recently worked on belazia, looked at how our auto industry, and there they are very interested in mazs, in belazs, in deliveries, so they are already considering these possibilities of factoring, co-financing for the promotion of the belarusian products on the african continent. and in continuation of your words, vadim frantsevich, we have prepared a story about mutually beneficial and close relations that are developing between the republic of belarus and african countries, detail. we will tell in our story: distant territorial, close in spirit: belarus and

africa are building bridges of friendship, neither distance nor cultural differences will be an obstacle for effective cooperation. this was clearly demonstrated by the state visit of the president of belarus to zimbabwe last year. during the 3-day visit, the parties managed to find new growth points in relations between countries, outline promising projects , and conclude mutually beneficial contracts. today , it is clear how effective the strategy for expanding cooperation with distant countries has been. and the belarusian leader outlined it long before the current geopolitical storm. belarus is a desirable partner for africa, it will not let you down, will not deceive you , and will not leave you with nothing. the west is ready to squeeze everything out of states. belarus is capable of enriching, not forgetting, of course, about its own benefit. the african continent has long known and value products with the brand "made in belarus and" and above all equipment. mtz, gomsilmash have been exporting their tractors and combines to africa since soviet times. and the demand for belarusian. is declining. this is confirmed in equatorial guinea, where the head

of the belarusian state flew in december last year. in the city of malaba, the presidents signed a roadmap for the development of cooperation between the republic of belarus and the republic of equatorial guinea. in kenya, which the president of belarus also visited at the end of last year, they also value the attention minsk. the head of the host country warmly welcomed alexander lukashenko. the leaders held talks, discussed economic cooperation, agreed on the need to intensify contacts between. belarus, the russian federation, on ensuring security, on new

opportunities for the economy, here the question arises, and how will the united states of america behave in this case, because for them this is another defeat, we will not even remember afghanistan and other other regions, from which there was again such shameful flight, at the same time no one will give up, and this fight will continue, so what do you think, can there be certain types of provocations in this region, provocations will definitely be combined. the states will never accept the fact that russia and belarus now play a serious role in africa, because the territories where they felt free or almost free with the support of the french will now be closed to them, in this regard , the united states will certainly deploy a whole front of resistance to the expansion of influence there both the republic of belarus and the russian federation, this is absolutely certain, will it be expressed? in a military vein, probably unlikely, because the americans never, well, in

those cases when there is such an opportunity, never act directly with their own hands, they always act with others, in this regard they have the french with macron, for whom this topic, just the loss of influence in the tropical african belt is extremely acute, that's because if macron gives this up...

well, let me remind you, the sasu program is on the air authorized to declare, the union state is strengthening in africa, the topic of our program, we continue our discussion, i am glad to welcome in our studio the russian expert, acting director

of the center for african studies imimgemo, maya nikolskaya is in touch with us, maya, maya viktorovna, i welcome you. good afternoon, nadezhda. maya viktorovna, russia is rapidly increasing its influence in africa, perhaps there has never been such an intensity of contacts at the highest political level, and at the same time i had to deal with the opinion that economic ties are noticeably lagging behind. this is even evident from the shortage of flights from russia to african countries. do you think that moscow is making a mistake, the weak involvement of business in interaction with the black continent? economic ties are indeed lagging behind, i would say that they are not reaching their potential yet, but nevertheless, as they say, moscow was not built in a day, probably after such a big break, such a long break lasting almost 30 years, it is not so necessary to intensify its presence on the russian continent again simply, nevertheless, big steps are already being taken in this direction, there are such

structures as the russian export center, for example, the moscow export center, which are engaged in helping russian business. to somehow find its place under the sun in the literal sense of the word, yes, on this sunny continent, and this concerns not only our large russian companies, but also small and medium-sized businesses, which are also interested in promoting their products, therefore there are such types of services and goods, which, for example, are not require direct flights, direct air traffic, this concerns various it solutions, technologies, because russia in africa is considered in many... countries, first of all, in the role of such a supplier, an exporter of technologies, including for food security, for energy security, all those structures that now exist, and are being created, including new ones, they are engaged in helping to establish contacts, yes , we have had such

a very developed institute for quite a long time, since soviet times trade missions, now their number will increase, there are agricultural etache, which... are directly involved in the topic of the agro-industrial complex on the african continent, so i think that in the coming years we will see growth - commodity and investment, yes, trade and investment ties, first of all, this will not happen immediately, but as africans also discover russian business, and trust grows, because here, indeed , a lot depends on the system, it is important that... this strategy, which many tncs use it, including western ones, and first of all, from zhayti to run, what is called in quotes strategy, mm, we still approach this topic differently, we are set on long-term cooperation, and here there will be such a cumulative effect, that is, the longer our business our companies are present in

africa, the more, on the one hand, our confidence in the african continent grows, that it is a safe environment, yes, if you lay down some straw for yourself and insure your series as much as possible, on the other hand, african partners, the african consumer is growing confident that russia has come here for the long term and is going to trade, is going to invest in the development of african countries, so i think everything will be fine, yes, you know, grab and run is a popular tactic for building relationships between western countries, but my last question: china has invested billions in various african countries over the past decades, but at the same time , no beijing-oriented unification of countries has emerged on the continent, why hasn't china created its own analogue of a confederation of states. in the sahel, how did the russian federation manage to do this in such a short time? you know, i would not say that russia is behind

the unification of the sahel states, this confederation that arose, yes, at first it was the hoghurma, it was the baron pact, first of all, then plans appeared to form some kind of political union, well, in fact, there is such a concept, yes, which is now being promoted by such an africanist, the outstanding russian denis dekterev, and... who claim that there are things, yes, that african states cannot do alone, and for this they need some kind of unification of forces, this is quite consistent with the concept, for example, ujama, african african socialism, which at one time built tanzania, yes , so the idea that underlies this concept is that what you cannot do alone, you can do with the help of your neighbors, this is the same thing we are now seeing at the regional level, and we see, in general, this is part of the trends. i would say, which affects the countries of the global south and global east in general, when states unite to solve some

specific goals, maybe even a situational coalition. in this case, we see that here the countries are united by some common idea about strengthening their own sovereignty, about in some way opposing something to ecovaz, yes, which in recent years, in general, has established itself as - uh, partially, yes, a proxy for such a force in the hands of foreign powers, so here, probably, there is nothing surprising in the fact that such states are aimed at strengthening their sovereignty, as if collective, yes, if they fail to do this at the individual national level, well, and russia, since it is a principled partner, and these states, which naturally support this unification. as for china, you know, china has never been interested in scaling up some of its installations, its convictions on the african continent, this

has always played into its hands, in many ways, and because these were mainly projects investment cooperation, we understand perfectly well that it is thanks to chinese capital that many railways, for example, the routes that now exist, a large number of highways in african countries, including in angola, for example, in the east of the continent, in tanzania, in kenya, were built, in general it really was such a cooperation, the partnership continues to be it, focused specifically on the economic component. yes, i thank you, maya viktorovna, for your participation, for your analysis. we continue our discussion, here vadim frantsovich, i think it is worth paying attention to the fact that several weeks ago alexander lukashenko met with the first ladies of two states of the african continent.

briefly, if we talk about the role of women in african politics, it has grown very much in recent years, there are those directly involved, women occupying high positions, but the institution of first ladies, if we recall the experience of zimbabwe, south africa, plays a big role in domestic politics, and the fact that belarus uses this institution is very it is important, it shows understanding of the internal political processes that are happening in these countries, if we speak in general, then we see... that belarus has come to africa seriously for a long time, nigeria, we have talked little about it today, it is a very rich country with a very large population, with very big internal problems, unfortunately,

which the west has been using throughout history. dependent existence, more precisely nigeria, and belarus has been present there for a long time, but unfortunately, not very actively, and we see systematic work to build up these efforts, these are not only visits by heads of state, these are ministers, this is the work of first ladies, and i would like to draw attention to how the visit of alexander lukashenko or his colleagues to the african continent is being prepared, when a group leaves, not some protocol group, as we are accustomed to, but there is a whole delegation of ministers working out - a specific direction before an agreement, agreements, when the president arrives, sometimes several dozen of these agreements are signed, as with by the heads of state themselves, as well as by ministers or heads of individual enterprises or universities, and this systematic work, with the organizing role of the ministry of foreign affairs, i am sure that it will bring results, and i propose that at the end of our program we hear a direct speech by alexander lukashenko about the prospects for interaction, as well as the goals

of cooperation, please, there is: a request that we work in the south african republic, a developed, not poor country, an advanced country, to what we have in equatorial guinea, nigeria, then on in the east, kenya, in the south zimbabwe, mozambique, there is also the south african republic, where they are waiting for us, there is no need to spread out all over the continent, we do not have the kind of economy that...

first of all, because there are changes going on there, and colossal shifts that will not be limited to the formation of some unions, there will probably be changes in the border, which were carried out at one time, when the period of colonialism ended, and only then , many, many years later, it suddenly turned out that on the territory of africa there is a huge number of resources, and these distributions of these resources - these borders are generally unfairly divided, that is why africa will develop very strongly, now is the ideal moment to enter this continent, well , firstly, on a low base, which practically all the economies of african countries have, extending a helping hand to them, this is firstly, and secondly, for our countries , first of all for the republic of belarus, and reaching such a global scale of foreign

policy, this is ... there is now a period of growth, the most serious changes, and those countries that at that moment will be next to the african peoples will certainly enter the future much stronger, and the fact that we do not impose anything on africa, but offer friendship, cooperation, this is the key to our successful development together

, we are grateful to the participants for the most interesting discussion, we will conclude our discussion with this, perhaps few people know, that according to researchers, the richest man in the history of mankind was an african, a dark-skinned ruler of the medieval the state of mali, west africa, and mansa muusuy and thanks to gold mining and active transit trade in the middle of the 13th century , the state of the ruler of mali was at least 400 billion dollars recalculated at modern prices. africa is now incredibly rich, it has simply been robbed for too long by those whom we are accustomed to consider the golden billion. the beautiful architecture of brussels, london, paris, is not a small reflection of this. it is difficult to overestimate russia's liberation from the shackles of colonial exploitation. thank you, this was the program saz authorized to declare. the union state successfully displaces the former european colonizers from africa.

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