actions information communication technologies digital economy to form a list of priority areas based on the results of today's negotiations, which will be prepared for discussion through the chambers of commerce and industry. e, through the line of contacts between our entrepreneurs, including the upcoming st. petersburg international economic forum. with an eye to achieving concrete results, by the

next meetings within the framework of the russia africa economic forum scheduled for july in as an integral part of the second summit between russia and african cantemir. one very specific question. today we discussed our friends. uh, confirmed

the problems they continue to experience with their fertilizer supplies, uh, inquired how we can be of service in this regard, and uh, the country. uh, and from latin, she reported that the shortage that is now observed negatively affects agriculture, and in this regard, we reported on known facts that are associated with the presence of a large amount of russian fertilizers, moreover, on a gratuitous basis. back

in the summer of last year, president putin, in one of his speeches, including in contacts with the general director, announced that 280,000 tons of russian fertilizers detained in the ports of the european union countries and the companies that own these fertilizers are ready. with the support of our government, donate them to developing countries in need. what

had to be done was to achieve the release of these cargoes of fertilizers and ensure their delivery in the future of the country. what are these almost six months after the proposal we made was successful in this. to agree on the shipment of twenty thousand tons out of 20,080,000 in total 20,000 tons for the african side of the small. it took

several months pushing heavily bureaucratic obstacles and openly politicized approach of the countries of the european union, which in every possible way is still a reason to punish the russian federation for some reason, it provides developing countries. actively advocated the settlement of all issues related to ensuring unhindered supplies of russian grain and russian fertilizer world markets. we agreed today that the government will also send him

an appeal with a specific request to promptly resolve the issue of using part of the russian fertilizers detained in the ports of the european union for needs. the eswatini people at no charge will re-emphasize the basics because this fertilizer is available for free. we

also talked about other areas of our contacts that we agreed to contribute to the promotion of interaction between the parliaments of both countries, including the holding in march of this year in moscow next regular parliamentary forum. and africa, where are the heads of the chambers of parliament and wooing. uh, invited forms, we are rapidly developing cooperation in the field of education, the madam minister noted

this circumstance. we see a growing interest, a growing demand among the latin inhabitants of the latin youth for education in our country. now, if 10 state scholarships were allocated for the current academic year, they were all in demand, and with this in mind, for the upcoming academic year 23-24. we enlarge the photo up to 25 cooperation with the goal of education is not limited so much to

civilian specialties, but to representatives of law enforcement agencies isfatiya. e, they have participated and i hope they will continue to participate in the work of courses under our ministry of the interior. and for the training of law enforcement officers and peacekeepers, well , through the universities of the ministry of defense of the russian federation , about 50 from latin citizens receive the corresponding military education. truth, we agreed to

meet today. with military leadership build up security cooperation. we have existing intergovernmental agreements on military cooperation, military-technical cooperation, there are working groups on military-technical cooperation, and we are ready to consider applications from our oslatin friends. e for any issues that need to be resolved to ensure the security of this country.

the agreement on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic service passports, just signed in your presence, will certainly be additional an incentive to intensify contacts between our officials and the business community. we discussed our interaction in the international arena. we appreciate the relations that have developed between our representatives in the organization of copper nations and russia stand for respect for international law for its central,

coordinating role and respect for the common recognized principles of the statutes of this organization, primarily the principle of the sovereign equality of all states. we have consistently advocated increasing the weight of africa in the united nations, including including in the context of the security council reform process won losses.

pancakes and the positions of the african continent regarding the expansion of its representation in the security council, and we have consistently supported these positions on the crises that persist on the african continent, including in this part of the african continent. yesterday, attention

was paid to the situation in the provinces, however long in the north of mozambique, the democratic republic of the congo and ethiopia, which are undertaking the countries of the regions to settle these conflicts and to mobilize efforts to combat terrorist manifestations that persist in the region. as i said in st. petersburg, the second male russia africa will be in the first summit,

which took place in october of the nineteenth year in sochi, his majesty the king and with tulle will attend and he is invited to the upcoming events in st. petersburg, and the events and at the request president putin on behalf of my president. i confirmed that we very much look forward to his majesty's participation. e in this in this meeting up. at the request of our friends, we shared their assessments of the current state of affairs in the

context. e of our special military operation in a broader sense of what is happening in ukraine around it. they showed, uh, the facts that are available to all raskolnikov about this our western colleagues daily, public players say that they prove that what is happening is the very hybrid war that the west has been preparing for a long time against the russian federation and for uh, this war is actively cooked. and ukraine, where everything was forbidden in one way or another contributes to normal relations between our countries and where direct military threats to the security of our country were created. here

and uh for sure. we very much appreciate the responsible balanced position from latin when considering the ukrainian theme and related plots of the organization of exchange nations.

the interest of our african friends in the peaceful settlement of any conflicts, including the current situation in ukraine we also proceed from the priority of political regulation, and precisely. e. in this vein last fall, president putin, on his instructions, we proposed detailed texts of security treaties on the provision of security guarantees on the european continent. these

proposals, based on the balance of interests of russia in the west and all other countries in this region, were rejected by our colleagues in the united states and north atlantic alliances, in fact. dela said that the issue of security will be dealt with by nato with security guarantees and it will solve them as it wants and will not take into account the opinion. russian federation after the start of the

special military operation. uh, we responded to ukraine's proposal to start negotiations during these negotiations based on ukrainian principles, on the basis of the principles presented by the ukrainians, a specific agreement was agreed on how to resolve this conflict. russia , a few days later, under open pressure from the anglo-saxons and other western countries, the

ukrainians stopped all negotiations and, uh, returned to hostilities last fall , president zelensky signed a decree, which legally prohibits any negotiations with the russian federation , it is actively encouraged by the leaders of nato of the united states of the european union who regularly. they officially declare that the time for negotiations with russia has not yet come. that time will come when russia will be struck

with a strategic defeat on the battlefield. this is good, well-known facts, we have handed over documents that summarize the current situation and we very much hope that our friends from the african union will be in their contacts. uh, with uh western countries, but there will be take full account of the actual state of affairs. stitch healtions

to our bilateral relations, uh, i want to note with satisfaction that during the negotiations there was a mutual interest in concluding a basic agreement of justifiable friendship and cooperation. uh, i think that it is quite realistic to complete this work, uh, next year, when we will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of our diplomatic relations. i confirmed. er, my colleague, madam minister, to

an invitation to clarify the russian federation at any time convenient for her. mr. minister of the agenda here are the press four questions

greetings, a short

question. in principle, uh, the current situation and everything by country comment on under these animations. how are you right? we named them in a positive way and discussed what we can do together to strengthen our good

relations. thank you roman sobolev, ntv company. i have a question for mr. lavrov. now very interesting events are taking place in burkina faso. e, where the transitional government asked the french contingent stationed there military pack up and leave the country within a month, and mr. macron has already said that this is clearly the machinations of the kremlin, uh, in

connection with this issue. it's really. we are to blame for this situation. or is it the legacy of the colonial policy that france pursued in kinopods. and if madam minister sucks it is necessary to comment on this situation. i will also be grateful. thank you me then here again the same question. uh, the principles of foreign policy, we do not interfere in internal affairs, but the president's statement

macron, frankly says that france allows and uses such interference. a similar situation developed more than a year ago in moli, where the leadership of this country, assessing the state in the field of state. the state security affairs office came to the conclusion that, uh, a decision has been announced and so on, and the withdrawal of french troops and the liquidation of french bases in the north poses a threat, and therefore it decided to appeal. e to the russian side specifically to a private military company. and

that was the un general assembly i also met with the then minister of foreign affairs of france, mr. bledrian. e on the same topic with me. eh, had a conversation. uh, the high representative of the european union , mr. united sasha