and she never considered the african continent as a space for profit or as an object for colonization , she never spoke to the peoples of africa in an arrogant tone from a position of superiority and strength in difficult historical moments. we have always tried to show solidarity and mutual assistance in a difficult and responsible time of the struggle for independence due to the definition of the country of africa. russia tried to actively support these peoples, and then , together with them, worked to create a peaceful life by developing many infrastructural projects. remarkable that this collaboration continues today? the good feelings that bind us are time-tested and their solid foundation is, among other things , a common understanding of the fundamental foundations of human life and a deep commitment to enduring moral values. loyalty to the tradition of perceiving the family as the union

of a man and a woman love and respect for one's history, the desire for goodness and justice , these are important civilizational principles. they are of decisive importance for a russian person and for the people of africa who also value their spiritual cultural identity. for us, these principles. so important that we are ready to defend and defend them. sometimes they have to be defended in very difficult conditions . over the past decades, the world has changed beyond recognition. i say, now not only about the political map of economic processes and technological progress. how much about that dangerous spiritual and moral. accept that is actively and even aggressively shaped by effort. many western countries are moral relativism the cult of consumption freedom misunderstood as everything permitted destruction of the institution of the traditional family. all this is just

an incomplete list of those troubles that the system of values, imposed by certain forces in the west, brings. it is more correct to say anti value, since their acceptance inevitably leads humanity to deep cultural and spiritual degradation. glory to god, this danger is well understood not only in russia , where laws are being adopted designed to protect the society from propaganda of a culture alien to us and morally unhealthy phenomena, but also in african countries, i know that despite the enormous pressure, the vast majority of african countries categorically reject the legalization at the legislative level of the so-called same-sex unions, euthanasia and other sinful phenomena from a religious point of view. all this certainly brings our position closer. we proceed from the same basic principles, and therefore we are always happy when we meet with like-minded people. remarkable

what is strengthening the helm of africa in international relations is a vivid example of the peacekeeping initiatives of african countries their active participation in solving continental global problems is sure that russia and africa together can offer the world a construct. an active model of honest and fair relations between peoples, unfortunately, not everyone is in the international arena. today , a number of western states are ready to always have an equal dialogue, and they still do not let go of their colonial past, and they continue to think and act according to this pattern. i hope that the development of good relations between russia and african countries will serve to further strengthen the traditional moral values ​​in the world is another criminal tool of modern politics, attempts to incite religious discord interfered with grief, they answer that

in the african continent these phenomena have become dangerously widespread. unfortunately, christians are subjected to the greatest persecution. taking the opportunity, as the primate of the russian orthodox church, with a burning heart. i call on everyone who has the opportunity and the power to influence this tragic situation, doing everything in order to, among other things, protect persecuted christians in the african continent is the sad experience of recent decades. the history of many regional conflicts shows that provocations on religious grounds are often initiated and financed by those. who wants to weaken the country from within and acts according to the well-known principle of divide rule. it is extremely important to prevent the incitement of hatred on religious grounds. this becomes all the more relevant given the multi-confessional and multi-ethnic nature of most african countries, cultural national

diversity. this is the wealth of any country. which needs to be carefully preserved russia, i believe, is ready to share its centuries-old experience. more than a hundred nationalities live in this area in our country. representatives of different religions and denominations harmoniously exist in it: orthodox christians, catholics , protestants, muslims, jews, buddhists, we have not just been for centuries. we live side by side, side by side. we freely confess our faith and cooperate in educational, humanitarian , peacekeeping, social and other fields, and as tools. we created relevant organizations within the framework of which we not only consult with each other, but also work out for me a certain program of common action. as for the russian orthodox church, realizing the special responsibility for the destinies for the destinies of the historically

related peoples, it strives to do everything to instill in people fidelity to the truth of god , respect for tradition and love for their country recently. orthodox church, including responding to the request of believing orthodox people in africa for the sake of spiritual feeding on feeding the orthodox on this continent and taking into account the need for our activities in africa, created the exarchate of the russian orthodox church on the african continent. at the same time, the presence of the russian orthodox church on the territory of africa is not some kind of unprecedented innovation; russian parishes began to appear on the continent back in the 19th and early 20th centuries . so you bessine the current

ethiopia in 1889 and in 1896 russian churches were built, a permanent parish of the russian orthodox church in egypt was created in 1914 after the revolution in russia in connection with the beginning of the outflow of refugees from our country, parishes in africa began to open even more in 1920 a church was consecrated in tunisia in the twenty-second a parish was created in algiers in the twenty-seventh open russian orthodox parishes in morocco and in in 1998, i happened to cover the first russian church in the south african republic. as chairman of the department for external church relations and the moscow patriarchate, and then as a patriarch. i visited from 1971 to 1.000 to 2016 18 countries in african continent in the north in the south in the east in the west in the center, it is especially important, considering my

meeting with mr. nelson, mandelay in his house in bustle in november 1990, on february 11 that year, he was released from a long prison. i seem to have been the first foreigner he received in his house. mr. mandela asked me to convey to the authorities of the soviet union my gratitude for the decisive assistance in providing support and supplies , including everything necessary for waging the struggle against the apartheid regime. as you know, in 1904 mondella became president south african republic, i keep the kindest memory of this man, who really did so much to free the world in general from the fact that the protein was perceived as something to be put up with. head of deep regret in 2019, the primate of the greek

church of alexandria, patriarch fyodor, of course, under external pressure, decided to recognize the schismatic church group in ukraine, these sad circumstances. i repeat, once again prompted the russian orthodox church to create in december 2021, the patriarchal zahat of africa. therefore that we thought that the patriarch of alexandria was a greek patriarch. he could , as it were, represent the entire orthodox church on the african continent, but on the occasion of certain western forces, he went to create this new schism in orthodoxy. and therefore, of course, we had to respond to this act and in the last place, and in one of the very first we decided to

organize the life of orthodox churches on the african continent among the africans there are not only russian people, who live in these places, but also local people who profess orthodoxy and today belong to our church. over the past year and a half, having lost them for the hut of africa, has opened more than 200 parishes in 25 african countries, in addition to the development of liturgical life , many humanitarian educational projects have been launched. in particular, in the translation of books in the local language and many other things, the institution and active work of the exarchate aroused great interest in the russian orthodox church on the part of africans. for many, it is valuable that we are the church. you believe in a church that preserves the apostolic successive teaching in the sacraments and in spiritual experience, in which it does not distort the commanded norms of morality over

the years, developing our pastoral activity with fashionable and ideological sin. we strive to contribute to the strengthening of relations between the russian church of russia and africa and to improve the quality of life of the people of the place where our parishes are created, you appear schools , water wells, electrical substations , hospitals and cultural centers, we are determined to interact constructively with others religious organizations in africa, our parishes are registered in full accordance with the laws of the countries where they are established. i would like to especially thank the leaders of this state for this. the moscow patriarchate is open to any initiatives aimed at the benefit of people to create peace and help, who work with love and respect, turning to the inhabitants of the african continent, calling on all of you to be blessed. may the lord of god not save the people of your countries peace and

prosperity, but the state leaders wisdom of your peoples, patience and strength of strength. i hope that this forum will serve the further development of cooperation between our peoples in all spheres of public life. thank you for your attention and i wish you success in your work. thank you very much your holiness for your speech, in which you gave a deep analysis of the humanitarian component of our cooperation and emphasized the importance of interreligious dialogue for solving the problems of humanitarian development, our next speaker came to us in st. petersburg and the western hemisphere from a country that historically and culturally closely connected with

the african continent. i invite you to the podium. uh, the ant case of the president of brazil from 2011 to 2016 march 24, 23. del frosty was unanimously elected head of the new development bank brix president mr. president vladimir putin president of the russian federation your excellency president of the union of the comoros and chairman of the african union africa dear sirs, heads of state and government ladies and gentlemen. i would like to start by thanking you for this

initiative between the russian federation and african doubts - this is a new platform that will allow us to build a world facing many crises. in our country, we have gone through a crisis associated with the coronavirus, which has greatly affected developing countries. we have a crisis, and for a long time there is protectionism, which we see from many western countries, we are facing political and climatic crisis in this regard, developing countries. economies have become increasingly important players in

international armenia together only countries brix, for example, the world's population is a quarter of gdp and is not comparable to the world, which is part of the big seven, that the protectionist policy that always pursues on the one hand affects much more developing countries, the use of sanctions for political purposes, and attempts to expand the jurisdiction of one country, its territory does not solve any problem, but on the contrary, the problem only

improves existing problems. how noticeable. we can see this in all implications, including food security. and this is what we see. uh, also on this forum, which discuss not only economic, but also humanitarian problems, and the brix bank is the new development bank of the bcs, which is now also included, and egypt, bangladesh and about it, as well as regional development banks , support development initiatives of developing countries on all continents in the form of finance, can count on an agreement on the use of national currencies in trade

transactions is a strategic tool in finding a balance, a strength and building a more just world and a new multipolar and multilateral order world menu new bank. just eight years ago in 2004 during the brix summit and uh i had the privilege of being present during the creation of this bank along with president putin since this bank was created has already grown into something more and is not limited to these strange couples, but to accumulate resources

in order to uh help logistics infrastructures in different countries in order to promote the development of energy infrastructure, social structures between them, schools, universities, and medical institutions, digital, we know that the fourth revolution is technological and industrial from developing economies, changes in the sense that they must be in a new form in a new way of production, and therefore we agree to be only a platform consumption

of high-tech products of infrastructure development, developing economies, developing countries for us a new development bank, this is one of the main tasks. the idea that our work should be aimed at the development and prosperity of our peoples to develop sustainable sustainable development eliminating the threat of poverty and hunger. we must get away from the problems of the city in our countries.

we are working in the spirit of true multitralism to transfer existing experience and stay and best practices of sustainable development that have been developed by our governments important to note here to bank phone from external factors we know that developing countries depend on other factors on and suffer from this for decades. we want expand the impact that the new brix development bank has on countries. we want to expand our activities as a bank, as a platform

on which the countries of the global south in moscow, the continents of america can develop as strategic partners of the number of our shareholders. our projects that we finance and we want to increase our influence in the regions of may demand, we would like to work closer and more closely with all the countries that are included in the meetings. we would like to seek partnerships with countries and not only work with the project. we also want to work by the private sector in the projects of the most

significant income vinegar in different markets and in different currencies. this is important new development bank in different markets and in different currencies. euro dollars, as well as in different currencies of all countries that are part of the concept of the developing world, and we would like to increase the number of transactions in national currencies in order to strengthen the markets that are part of the new development bank, but we consider it important and

disposition. we believe that our members should not suffer problems that may arise in western markets, and so we develop sources. you wanted to create different sources of income in time so that developing countries could achieve stability, at the moment we know what to use through financing. uh, using national. uh currency accounts for about 20%, uh, bank operations of all bank transactions for the second

and twenty-sixth year, attention to the fact that the use of national is one of our one of our priorities of building a new architecture, uh financial relations in the world, we believe that we are not talking about replacing the coins used, we are talking about expanding the currencies used, and expanding the existing financial infrastructure of the african and asian american continent, suffering from negative

consequences that cannot to control, for example, the increase in numbers that we cannot control. the demod of their consequences is an important point for the new development bank - this is a socio-economic development and an increase in the steel inclusiveness of cinema, we consider it necessary, a to impose our vision on every country. we perceive different projects of each

state wants to support projects that help stroke social a-a, raises the economic level. each of us we also believe that it is important to create infrastructure projects that would contribute to the implementation of this e, or tried to live this betrayal approved by 98, and the projects in the countries of participants in it are about the total in society, the amount of which is about 35 billion dollars, with different e, regional banks. we uh we are cooperating with african a-a-bike, an importer from other banks that

work in the field of economic social development of communication with private investment , we believe that our work together will help. we implement infrastructure and logistics projects aimed at improving the living standards of participants. i am sure that the new development bank brix and all who are protophoric participants, and in the future will become, a more and more important players in the international arena and the bank will become a new platform. in this context, the given responds with the challenge of time and corresponds to the uh that our bank is facing contributes to the achievement of a multi-lotal world for the benefit

of developing countries our world is constantly changing and facing different threats and all together. we can better respond to these new challenges, there will be no stability, there will be no development. including sustainable development, the world will not be built, and there are no a-a agreements so that we can actually improve our lives and reach agreements that would contribute to the enrichment of people and our planet. big thank you.

many thanks, dear ms. rousseff, for your speech, from which it is clear that russia also has many supporters in africa on different continents, the next participant in the plenary session on this stage for the second time he took part in the plenary session of the economic forum in sochi and this is no coincidence the issue of financial support for russian-african cooperation is one of the key issues today. i invite the president of the african export import bank , mr. benedict ok aram, to the podium

president of russian federation