[000:00:00;00] dialogue, first of all, at the highest level since the beginning of the year, president putin’s example, minister pashinyan, has already had three long telephone conversations, and on february 2 this year , representatives of the government of the russian federation mikhail mishustin and nikol pashinyan held talks on the sidelines of the eurasian intergovernmental council in almaty and we have a common opinion . it lies in the mutual understanding that has developed between the leadership of our countries. this is a significant factor in the further promotion of interactions that allow us to solve any questions that arise , we noted with satisfaction the deepening of cooperation between the legislative bodies of russia and armenia just a few days ago.

broadcasts on our channel dear friends let me sincerely welcome all of you in moscow at the international parliamentary conference of all representatives of legislative authorities and leaders of party and social movements of african states, your conference is undoubtedly. it is of great importance in the context of the further development of russia's multifaceted cooperation with the countries of the african continent. in addition, we consider this event as one of the key events on the way to preparing the second russia

-africa summit in st. in sochi, it was very productive and made it possible to noticeably revive our ties with the states of africa , to intensify business interaction in the exchange of both cultural and cultural and humanitarian things. thus, the partnership between russia and african countries will provide additional dynamics and already goes to a whole new level. representatives of most states of the continent are participating in this conference, taking into account the fact that it is the legislators who are called upon to express the will of the voters in their countries to work in the interests of fellow citizens. your visit is evidence of the interest of the peoples of africa to actively develop comprehensive

and mutually beneficial relations with russia . it is an exaggeration to say that this is one of the invariable priorities of russian foreign policy. ever since the heroic struggle of the peoples of africa for their independence , it has been well known how significant support the soviet union once rendered to the people of africa in the struggle against colonialism, racism and apartidism. how did he help many african states gain and protect their sovereignty? consistently supported the strengthening of defense capabilities in the formation of statehood, the creation of the foundations of the national economy of personnel training at one time, the construction of the largest ottoman

hydroelectric power station in africa by soviet specialists became a symbol of such cooperation and the line for support and assistance to the continent continues to follow , and the russian federation today i note that the state of africa is constantly increasing its weight and its role in world affairs. they are asserting themselves more and more confidently in politics and in the economy , they are convinced that africa will become one of the leaders in the emerging, well, multipolar world order, there are all objective prerequisites for this. lives in africa as known about one and a half billion people concentrated a huge resource base, almost a third of the total world mineral reserves . and although the african countries. while only 3% of world gdp is accounted for, we note that the economies of many of them are growing at a faster pace. in today's very

difficult conditions, against the backdrop of turbulence in world politics and the economy, african countries are striving to pursue an independent and sovereign foreign and domestic policy to solve their difficult problems on their own. russia and african countries defend the norms of morality and social principles traditional for our peoples are opposed to the colonial ideology imposed from the outside. by the way, many states of asia, the middle east and latin america hold similar positions. and all together we make up the world majority, the side is determined to continue building strategic

partnership with african friends in the full sense of the word. we are ready to jointly shape the global agenda, work together to strengthen fair and equitable interstate relations to improve mechanisms of mutually beneficial economic cooperation. thanks to our assistance , many industrial enterprises have been built on the continent, entire industries have been built , vital infrastructure and social facilities have been built, while russia has written off the debt of the african state in the amount of more than $ 20 billion. mutual trade is growing, which at the end of last year reached almost 18 billion dollars. it is unlikely that such a figure can fully suit us, but we

know. that this is far from the limit of development counter exchange of goods will no doubt contribute to a more energetic transition in financial settlements to the national currency, the establishment of new transport and logistics chains, additional opportunities open up the process of establishing the african continental free trade area, which began in 2021, which in the future will become a common continental market with a total gdp of more than three trillion dollars, we are in favor of actively establishing ties with this new association, both through the eurasian economic cooperation of the union and bilaterally in africa, major russian investment projects are being implemented with the participation of such domestic russian companies as the growth of oil gazprom neft russians and many, many others, we will continue to help

african countries in the production of electricity, which the continent has so far provided only a quarter from your needs. today we offer new environmentally friendly technologies primarily in the field of nuclear energy. rosatom is already building a nuclear power plant in egypt expand its participation in the development of the national energy systems of the american continent. i would like to draw your attention to the fact that in some countries 100% funding is provided in russia, these are serious projects in the amount of 15-20-25 billion dollars. russian african cooperation in the field of high technologies is being strengthened, for example, in angola, with russian assistance, systems are being created satellite communications and television broadcasting angard company and yandex are actively implementing in the countries of the african continent

information services in organizing the transportation of passengers by taxi and other vectors of transport, while russia is always ready to share its technologies with the american countries, it is precisely joint diverse technological development that offers. i emphasize that our country conscientiously fulfills all its obligations in the supply of food, fertilizer, fuel and other critical products for the state continent. by making a contribution to ensuring their food and energy security. well you probably you know what part. we have frozen resources in uh european countries, including, uh, and fertilizers. we are ready to hand over the first batches to countries in need free of charge, but, unfortunately, there is nothing for us here either,

obstacles, i am guided by needs. guided by the needs of primarily african countries , russia recently agreed to prolong for another 60 days the agreements concluded in istanbul on the export of ukrainian food through the black sea and the unblocking of russian agricultural exports and fertilizer supplies. at in this regard, we will focus on the package nature of this deal, primarily in the interests of african and other developing countries, bearing in mind that they need large amounts of food. and we insist on full compliance with the key russian requirements, first of all, as i said, take care that grain fertilizers go to the needy states of africa, and not go to well-fed european markets to well-fed european countries, meanwhile, from

the total volume exported from e ukraine e, grain grains 45% approximately 45% went exactly to european countries. but only 3%. to africa well, now i may still , i’ll say a few words about this, it will be emphasized only if we take into account our position, we will ensure a fair and comprehensive implementation of the black sea grain deal, and depending on this, we will decide the issue of our further training. well, for reference, i can say the following information. i can start for you from the first eighth of the twenty-second year under the twentieth e of september of the current year in a.

827 vessels left ukraine. so of them of them only three million tons of grain was sent to africa and 1.3 million to the poorest country in africa, as i said, almost 45% went to well-fed european countries, despite the fact that this whole deal was being filed. uh, under the sauce that it is necessary to ensure the interest of african countries, by the way, i draw your attention. that during the same time during the same time, despite all the restrictions and restrictions on the export of russian grain from russia to africa , almost 12 million were sent, then i would like to add something else if we still decide not to extend this and a do-it-yourselfer after 60 days, then we are ready to recapture the message that was sent over the previous time to the african countries in particular need to deliver from russia

to these countries free of charge. cooperation between russia and african states in the field of education is traditionally at a high level. about 27,000 african students are currently studying in our country. of these , more than 5,000 at the expense of the federal budget. at the same time, the annual quota of their admission to state-funded places in russian universities will be more than doubled. the network university intends to increase cooperation on such vital topics for africa as medicine and health care, ensuring biological and physiological safety. for these purposes. russia is ready. transfer to africans mobile laboratories equipped with modern medicines to train specialized specialists.

by the way, during the coronavirus pandemic, our country was one of the first to supply the state in africa with large volumes of vaccines, test systems , sanitary and hygienic products of other countries. medical and humanitarian supplies and, of course, russia has consistently extended a helping hand to african countries in overcoming the devastating effects of natural disasters, flooding fires hurricanes a significant development in recent years. cooperation has been achieved in the fight against terrorism and extremism ; military-technical cooperation continues, including the supply of russian weapons and military equipment by the african partner, the training of relevant personnel. currently, universities of the ministry of defense of russia study military personnel from over 20 african countries. dear friends, we

are preparing in the most serious way for the second russian african summit, and of course. we will be glad to see at this forum leaders from all african countries, as well as heads of regional organizations, developing a rich and meaningful agenda for the summit and the economic and humanitarian forums held in conjunction with it, primarily on the eve of and within the framework of the summit. it is meant to hold more than 100 various events and in conclusion. i would like to to recall the words of nelson and mandela, an outstanding african statesman, fighter for the independence and rights of the peoples of africa, who both now, which still sound very relevant, nothing should turn us off the road to freedom, and we should not let anyone stand up. on our way

, i am convinced that by joint efforts we help each other. we are able to do a lot for the prosperity and well-being of the peoples of africa and russia. thank you. thank you very much for being here in moscow today with us. thank you. good luck to you all the best. this there was a broadcast of the president's speech at the international parliamentary conference russia africa in a multipolar world, and now let's return to the broadcast from the mead 's reception house all the tripartite agreements that were reached between the presidents of russia and azerbaijan and the prime minister of armenia

, first of all, the agreements that were signed on 9 a.m. from 9.10 november 2020. in this context, and only the full implementation of all, without exception, aspects of the agreements that concerned the lachin corridor can to resolve the current situation, this is exactly what our peacekeepers are doing now. we discussed this in detail today, and i very much hope that all parties will understand what to do with this part. like all other parts of the tripartite statement, everyone should report, each side has its own obligations.

as for the mediation efforts of the russian federation and your question about whether these efforts are discredited by the azerbaijani side? i can again return to tripartite agreements to discredit the russian federation without they just want to, but they openly declare it, the united states, the european union, the north atlantic alliance, by and large, they are engaged in what i would call diplomatic raiding, when they are trying to subdue the tripartite agreements between russia and armenia and azerbaijan, they are trying to impose their curatorship. all this work is straight forward, undermining the key principles of these documents that are supposed to be. the active participation of the russian federation in resolving issues

of unblocking transport and economic ties and in issues of delimitation of the border between armenia and azerbaijan and issues of signing actions to the parties in signing a peace treaty. today we had a conversation with my colleague, rat samvelovich mirzayan, not by hmm piling up claims on one side or the other to the west or not to the west, but honestly considered the current situation. it objectively exists, it is objective. the task set by them in the tripartite statements is by no means in everything, and today we discussed how to return the situation to a normal working track. to me we seem to have, uh, a certain understanding.

today has been achieved. taz dear ministers romina zeynalova tass news agency, we have a few questions sergey viktorovich the first question for you at the entrance of the current round of negotiations with armenia did you manage to reach an agreement in principle on working out a new date for the trilateral ministerial meeting of russia armenia and azerbaijan in moscow and if understanding negotiations that were postponed in december could take place and, if allow me two questions for your colleague, and mr. mirzoyan has recently seen an increase in various anti-russian manifestations in armenia. eh, there is a feeling that we are talking about a targeted company in which officials of the country are involved in government media as well as nationalist associations, including the members of the advisory council for interaction with parliamentary political forces, and in particular , protests were held near russian embassies and russian military base, how could you

this and why such things are allowed in armenia in relation to the closest ally and the second question, if you will allow according to the media and on march 7, the founder of the news media holding gabrillian was denied entry to armenia due to his being on a certain stop list earlier faced similar restrictions konstantin zatulin margarita simonyan and andronic mihran, is this decision related to their criticism of the armenian authorities and does yerevan consider such unfriendly steps acceptable? thank you ours are well prepared, right? thank you very much for the a-a question for your interest, but in armenia there is no, as you formed, but a targeted anti-russian e, company , evidence of this is that tens of thousands of russians, freely peacefully well quite comfortably live on the territory of armenia and conduct

their own business business, and no complaints have been received, and in this context, with regard to demonstrations, the constitution of the republic of armenia and legislation guarantees freedom, and hmm, to hold meetings. a and this long time no news. i can just share information with you. you yourself can google it just look on the internet in armenia in yerevan very often and there are demonstrations against. armenian authorities also in various others. yes, there are many others, as well as demonstrations, as for now commenting on individual individuals in our territories.

thank you. and i had a question yes about the new date. trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of russia, armenia, azerbaijan on the issues of a peace treaty, we spoke today, our armenian colleagues confirmed this, as prime minister nikol pashinyan said at a press conference the other day that armenia is ready to hold such a meeting. i think that in the near future we will see which dates are convenient for all three ministers. please companion final question. hello kirill orlov agency satellite of the first question to you here not so long ago , the former nato secretary general rasmus stated that europe wants to provide political assistance to armenia against the background of this, and also against the background of the fact that

now what is happening in the region, isn't armenia afraid of western interference in its internal affairs? well, i would like to ask further. uh, why did yerevan ignore moscow's concerns about the work of eu observers in the border regions of armenia and also what motivated the refusal to place a mission on the db there and sergey viktorovich is also a question for you. but you noted. uh, the so-called diplomatic raiding. eh, comrades. of the west, in general, is it possible today for some kind of interaction in the south caucasus with the west russia and the west thank you very much. thank you, well , first of all, i want to state that armenia's relations with europe are developing constructively, armenia is interested. in this, including in the context of maintaining the existing positive dynamics in the sphere of

the rule of right-wing democracy democracy. as for the e-mission of the monitoring mission of the european union, the mandate of the mission is very clearly stated, the information is public - this is the citizens monitoring mission. messi is exclusively civilian in nature. a as for your question about the mission about the dc about this, probably, the question or the wording of the question is still incorrect, since armenia has never refused such a mission, more than that project, uh, such a decision is on the table, and work is being done on it. the project continues here is key. let me remind you that we had a feeling in our perception, and colleagues from alcohol , as if indirectly, but there was such a situation that indirectly, but i agree- according to our

impression, colleagues refused the csto itself, as would not recognize a clear zone up to the responsibility of the csto from our, uh, point of view. it was somewhat problematic, but i repeat. uh, the solution is the project solution on the table , the work continues. well, i'm taking advantage of, uh, the fact that the microphone has passed to me. i would like to express satisfaction with what velovicha himself said now, namely , with the fact that armenia did not refuse to sign the decision on the deployment of the dgb mission. the decision was the subject of many hours of negotiations on the eve of themselves then, as it were, in yerevan under his chairmanship. we have now agreed on a small matter, so that all the heads of state and governments will now also put their signatures. i hope that,

uh, the possibility is, of course, absolutely preserved. the bkb is ready for this. we are aware of this readiness, so i am glad that armenia did not refuse this opportunity, which, of course, is in the interests of ensuring security in the region. by the way, i missed the answer. in answer to the first question, yes, our colleagues from the public television of armenia touched on that part of the question, there were a lot of them these parts, in which it was asked what russia would do to you, to guarantee the security of the population of karabakh by and large, we support the position that minister niko l pashinyan set out as an example , at one time he emphasized that he proceeds from the fact that the issues of guarantee the security

of the residents of karabakh ensuring their rights should be decided between the representatives of karabakh and baku, and we encourage the parties interested in this in armenia, of course, unconditionally. it is important for us to understand how high quality these agreements will be. if you want to know my opinion. well, there are examples of very recent history about the same thing that was discussed in the minsk agreements on what rights the residents of the eastern part of ukraine should have in accordance with these same minsk agreements, the right to their native language, the right to teach children in this native language. to live and work using this language to preserve their culture to preserve their religion. uh, be able to local government. well

have some special economic ties trading well with their compatriots. here is the case with the donbass. it was about russia. the same rights were provided in the agreement signed 10 years ago between belgrade and pristina on the establishment of a community of ser municipalities, kosovo language, local self-government formation. culture, religion, special ties of the economic nature of serbia i think that for karabas well , about the same set of rights will be needed. yes, actually any

situation. it seems that everything will depend on how decently behave those from whom it will depend on the implementation of the agreements reached, in the case of the donbass, with the minsk agreements, the cases with the agreement on the creation of a community of rural municipalities, kosovo, there can be no decency, so i see it this way. such such such a prologue to the answer to the question of, uh, do we allow interaction with the west for ourselves has completely discredited. we see perfectly well. what goals does the west pursue in the south caucasus? actually, he does not even hide them