let's see, let's finish the end. you see where there's no secret. the continent converges almost city. the 2nd russia, africa summits, has begun in st. petersburg. the party will be following the main events as well as the plenary session with platinum or putting out some other premium gas on the sidelines, along with all the updates right from the garage. also a head on the focus we the forces defensive security. they've decided to put it into the regime, which, you know, this is a result of the continual degradation of the security situation. had the bad economic and social governance in the military. and niger and post is a curfew and shuts all its borders with citizens living. the streets of the west african country to prove that more based on the presidential office problems

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cross to our team. they're headed by rory, sushi, the, well, it is now just microsoft to 11 am here in russia's northern capital, where we are surrounded by thousands of guests to have to send it on the city for the to day russia, africa summit. what is this summit all about here in some petersburg? well, it's all continue a special cover it showing off the international. and i should say, just before we get into the details, i wanna let you know that the russian president vladimir putin is standing by to address. i plan aries session. the moment he starts hoping we will interrupt this slide. rule of costs to go straight to the russian president. now i just wanted to mention that it's amazing that this summit is even happening today. my last guest

was the president of the socialist party of zambia. he joined me here just about an hour ago, and he will say the fact that many african countries was well under pressure from south and west and partners not to attend this summit. here in saint petersburg, he said old souls of level even to mention a hybrid attack, so to speak, of pressure to stop african leaders from coming to this. i mean, i mean, i know it's it's, it's disappointing to hear something like that, but that's what i'm hearing from the guest. we also had the crime in until about about this a couple of weeks ago. is it a fia, from sucking professional partners about this new blossoming, multi polar? well, i mean, can you imagine africa is right now here in some petersburg with heads of states and ministers of foreign affairs and information. they are here to sign any number of strategic agreements with russia that will be a joint declaration a little bit later at the end of a stomach where all sorts of strategic partnerships will be in between africa and

russian. now for the meantime though, i'm joined here by a very special guest here in the studio that the found to over africa nuclear us it's, it's a, it's a new energy platform and i'm joined now by princess ben, who's joining us here at this summit. princess, lovely to see you. thanks for coming here. just off the top of your head. what do you make of this place? it's a no one with all these people. well, um, thank you so much and glitches to you and to all of you as of of t tv. um, um, you know, this is magic when i walk in here i was like, what is happening? oh my goodness, the last time i see this was in a call 26. i think when i attended the called the court appointments of the 5 to this is like the old world is here in the us. yeah. and it's amazing. levy is so nice cuz he said to me a moment ago that it's nice to be in some pages, but when it's not what, take the price because it gets really cold here. princess. you know, because all the river and all the water in this area the winter's here can be useful. but the summer is as you can tell,

are absolutely gorgeous here. not predict. tell me in your, from africa for nuclear. what is it? i tell me what it is. well, ethical for nuclear is an advocacy campaign that promotes new key is a key cleanser view tied to a tv app because that's into for sustainable development. so, okay, so that, that makes absolutely sense. so how do you move forward with this house? because i understand africa needs infrastructure. there are certain countries investing in africa. china is one of them that's building roads or schools clinics . it will. so i mean, they giving jobs to locals by developing these electricity farms as well. russia, ross awesome, is building nuclear power plants in africa. i think it's on his full fist in egypt . do you think that nuclear energy is safe and clean and is, is the right way for you talk about the development. it's a couple a time that investing in africa. and what people need to understand is the investment will come with not come smoking. and so in africa when there's no energy,

when there's no sustainable electricity supplied. so i think the applicant countries i know realizing that to the um, we need you to as parts of the image it makes especially when we split couple of issues of development. because when you say you're talking about a, an energy that is not on its name, but is also a base loops which will really assist in putting you all the investors who really want to come in invest. but they are facing problems of images. pull that to you. okay, so you talk about facing problems of energy poverty. so i mean, princess, tell us how that is the situation across the african continent with power in general electricity. i mean, is it still difficult to reach it's, it's very difficult over 400000000 people on the applicant clinton and they do not have access to electricity over 400000000 use. they supposed to not have access to electricity. and from south africa we are very lucky because it's on the 18 about

18 percent. they does not have access to tell us what about, okay, you, i mean i get it that you'll, you'll, you'll probably nuclear energy. i get that that's, you know, great. but what about, i mean i, you know, you were, it was obsessed with this, you know, green agenda 20. so the normal cold burning normal this and valuable. but again, it behave yourselves. i know that but, but in africa, as you said, 400000000 people are lacking electricity. you say nuclear power is the way forward . but, but what about, i don't know, solar power, wind power, alternative energies is africa interested in anything like that. i mean, you get a lot of sunshine in parts of the content and right. yes. yeah, i'm glad you talk about the was let's, let's take you to court has been, we has been advocating for this uh, you know, clean energy because when they say clean to us stuff because they mean wins and so not to them. clean means something else. and then the same concludes, they went to the confidence of the parties to say, allow us to useful. so feel is up until the 25th 2035,

that's assuming in america was said that um, so i'm pulling nuclear but also i realize that from applicant perspective, i don't have the luxury of just choosing new kids. i need to make sure this new kid is part of the image and makes for them. and you mentioned, you mentioned this whole green agenda from european countries and america as well. so to get green by, by 2030. but it's a little bit. yeah, we're not to arrive at is that fair for people in africa who are still just trying to find the basic power sources? i mean, the people in africa ready to go green. the thing is when they circle green, they talk about transitioning just and it just sends the soon bye. in order for you to transition, you need to have something to, to a transitioning from to office that doesn't have power. so what we're transitioning from, so to me it's a this to me know, do just and it just transition,

i always have a problem with it, but then i get it. and because i advocate for new kids it's, it's really not my face. my fights is that when you talk about clean energy technologies, then interesting, if you, if you are really being say that you went to africa to, to, to implement it. clean energy technology has been done to discriminate of this new technology. i think that's a very, very 1st statement in data princess and somebody from africa nuclear a list. i wish you the best of luck here. this summit here, there's an awful lot of networking and socializing to do princess and you've got your work cut out for you. i'll let you go the can i just say thank you so much for joining us. your analogy international. stay where you are. i'm going to talk to you in just a moment. okay, princess, thank you very much for your thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. we do continue on special coverage here on the international. we live here in st. petersburg. the advantage of an all of it is a beautiful day by the way, i never most go 24 hours ago have like a populated rain storms here in saint petersburg. it's a beautiful day, and prior i should say to day one, what is being

a very highly anticipated event. the sidelines of the summit have already seen some big g. we say significant gatherings or the chip shouldn't president cc praising his country's relationship with moscow? during torps, when the russian president, a c, c, emphasized the importance of foot bilateral project, saying that the set to take both countries to well new levels of progress we intend to take our relations to the horizons that we deserve. and of course, as you noted, mister president, the fundamental project of our cooperation is the el de bon nuclear power plant. another point is the creation of a russian industrial zone. allow me mister presidents to note this special nature of power relations that bind our countries to leaders discussed joint plans for the construction of a nuclear power station. egypt, the egyptian president also mentioned some other plans that the egyptian government is looking forward to is specifically the creation of

a russian industrial zone in the country. and he also talked about a number of other plans that he'd like to talk more in detail with the russian president in close talks. now vladimir putin also met with the head of the new development bank, which is the multinational development bank, connected to the bricks organization. and vladimir putin talked a lot about how this organization is really going to be at the forefront of economic development for the multi polar world. and he said it's needed now more than ever, especially when the united states is trying to use the dollar as an economic weapon into these conditions. this is not easy to do. i mean, what is happening in the world of finance or other use of the dollar? he's an instrument of political struggle. the members of organization breaks. there are no friends against anyone. they work in each other's interest, the prime minister of ethiopia, and he welcomed him to russia and also said that he's looking forward to continue

with the long history of warm relations between russia in ethiopia that really go all the way back to when e c. o, p a became the 1st country on the african continent to establish official diplomatic relations with russia. the russian president went over a number of indications on how this partnership is deepening between the 2 countries. like the fact that trade turnover between the 2 countries has grown by 56 percent since last year. and russia is also working to increase the quotas for students who are looking to study in the russian federation from ethiopia each year . so that's basically a run down of these talks that vladimir putin has had with high level officials from the multi polar world. and based on what was discussed, it looks like a lot is set to come out from the of the largest ali. i just have a full of the official summit actually kind of got off the ground and running. we were speaking with the south african, a foreign minister, now lady hand or

a. she was such a gem. she was stressing with the content and does it a tiny point it's, it's becoming a major global power and alibi as what she said by overcoming it's neo colonial legacy. you can find that exclusive interview that i did with miss miss pandora. it's on the audio dot com, but for now, it's a very quick preview. the relationship that has been built up over many years between africa and russia. so very important relationship for us, particularly south africa, given the role that the people of russia played, you know, struggle for freedom from time to time. the united nations has been used for political it's, it's been made the weapon by some against i was we have to end that, i think having a diversity in it structures and make commissions allowing for democratic processes

. i think it is time that all continent realize that it has the possibility of being an extremely powerful part of why do apologize. i do apologize for jumping in that very quickly. other russian president vladimir putin right now. speaking of the pioneer plenary session right here as we come to live from some petersburg, let's listen and it gets to see me lovely in the marketplace in the system of global economic science. we support virginia. so it was a kind of what you would wish if miss near the end of the joining leading international organization that i see. yeah. and organizations, i'd like to remind you of that. russia was one of the 1st one is a way to support the types of confessed to present them to your letter the sasser and you said that well, but as a chairman president are sending out they need should be if on which the giving the african union and the full flag membership and i should you plan to issue and yeah,

we hoping that today's decision will be made already and of september during the $220.00 assignment in new dallas internship. and i see, yeah, i got the asked me for the roster is willing to help to strengthen the sovereignty of the african nations. i do help africa to become one of the key partners always. you see me in the news, say some of the multi polar world or some with with you. you must lease matter will be paid special attention to hearing simon, the summit with him that we are opening today. we're going also to speak about the practical solutions and image to increase the trade an economic cooperation between the 2 to ensure a food in energy security lots and to develop the national health care system to 0 to in your packages to deploy you that i bought a practice above mentioned in the world and we can bring in the end of the day as failed, and many others fails with eligible. again, the decline on so be given a number this 5, the joint declaration of the 2nd rock separate assignments and the lineup option

security for the year. it's going to really waiting for, can you do franz, call the explosions, despite and see if the gold is related to the current of virus fund? damage tennessee musical next on c, sanction or imposed? oh, so it should have been sanctioned. since i was thinking russia, we have increase the rate of the craving, they cannot make ties you in 2022, the volume open. you chose trade was some $18000000000.00 in the 1st 6 months. nobody is here and the free advice has increased by more than 35 percent for the.