[000:00:00;00] we are developing partnerships in the military and military-technical field for me. russia has entered into an agreement on military-technical cooperation with more than 40 african states in which we supply a wide range of weapons and equipment, some of these deliveries are made free of charge in order to strengthen security and sovereignty african colleagues of these states actively participate in military-technical forums and exercises conducted by russia, where they get acquainted with promising models of military weapons technology experience in its application. in general , russia's attention to africa is steadily growing, which is manifested in our plans to build up our diplomatic presence on the continent. we are ready to restore and open new russian foreign institutions, as well as to increase the number of employees in a number

of conscientiously acting, this is a real practical step towards a significant step-up of work with the countries of africa in the political , business, humanitarian sphere of culture and tourism. as an example, mentioning that after a long break in the near future during the functioning of the russian embassy burkina we plan to expand the network of russian centers of science and culture, or as they are also called russian houses. they are already successfully working in eight african countries, and in the near future there will be more in a number of countries, for our part, we would welcome the reciprocal steps of our african friends and will provide support. here is the third of our new embassies and consulates of other african countries. dear friends of course, a few words about the economic and

humanitarian cooperation by africa , the forum held yesterday shows that both russia and african countries really want to strengthen cooperation in these areas, and i will tell our entrepreneurs frankly. there is something to offer to respected partners from africa, despite the difficult conditions in the global markets , the trade turnover is steadily growing clearly. what is it? far from the limit of today's level in absolute terms in absolute terms, it is not hmm such a goal that we should have before you put it is still quite modest in the treatment of the russian african commodity turnover, its diversification and will contribute to a more energetic transition. in the calculations of the national currency, the establishment of new

transport and logistics chains, understanding the importance of an uninterrupted supply of food for the socio-economic development and maintaining the political stability of african states, we are increasing the supply of agricultural products to africa in the twenty -second year. 11.5 million tons of grain were sent to african countries, but in the first six months of this year alone, almost 10 million. and this is irrespective of the illegal sanctions imposed on our exports, which seriously impede the supply of russian food, complicate transport logistics, insurance and bank payments. i emphasize once again that you, dear friends , can be sure that russia will always be a responsible international supplier of agricultural products, we will continue to support the most needy countries, and the regions

will supply ours anyway and more food, including on a gratuitous basis, as well as within the framework of the un food program, yesterday, as you know, we announced that in the next 3-4 months we will supply 25-50,000 grains to six african countries free of charge. on the whole , russia intends to continue helping the development of the african continent worldwide, providing not only humanitarian aid, but also trade preferences. support for the creation of modern branches of production of the agrarian sector of assistance through specialized international structures and agencies, in in particular, in the period from 20 to 23, 11 russian humanitarian actions were implemented on a bilateral basis in 10 african countries we were among the first to come to the aid of the states of the continent during

the coronavirus pandemic delivered millions of test systems free of charge donated to mobile medical laboratories equipped with equipment special center for the study of infection russia participates and in the african country's debt relief efforts to date. the total amount written off, the debt we have written off is $23 billion. by according to the latest requests from african countries, we will allocate more than 90 million for their development for these purposes, concluding the speech, dear friends. i would like to reiterate that we are sincerely ready to work hand in hand with african friends towards the prospect of building a truly strategic interaction and partnership. we value our relations with each african country and with the continent as a whole and are confident in the successful future of these relations

in the emerging multipolar world. thank you for your attention. and thank you very much. thank you. let me give the floor to the president of the african union, the president of the union of the comoros, please. finance your excellency dear vladimir putin , president of the russian federation dear

audience thank you for the dinner you offered us yesterday. it was a very tasty dinner with wonderful accompaniment. this again showed the cultural potential of this beautiful city of st. petersburg. i would like eczema again. ah, exemplary cooperation between our continent and your country and we have

great working people creativity. uh, stamina, that's all. this commands respect. this is an example during our work. i want to emphasize the operation that our partnership has a great future. moreover, if we actively involve the youth of women, this is the future of our country of our countries and we must instill in them the values ​​of entrepreneurship. how will this help improve the business climate in the countries of the african union and

initiatives to encourage national foreign investment are also very important. uh, amazingly resilient. this is, uh, african youth is very creative start very active. uh, work is underway in the area. ah, science research, despite the lack of m-m funding, and we must definitely consider the priority. each other, of course, the african union 2063 plan, and this will contribute to the sustainable economic growth of the russian federation and the african union. and, uh, the african union is getting involved in, uh, transformation, economic transformation, and russia will of course

participate, and in investing, uh, it will be, uh, also take advantage of our many resources. we want to build an economic social africa integrated with the rest of the world. and we, of course, should develop investment trade in accordance with our goals. and what about? preparations in terms of digital technologies in this area russia has made great strides, and we must create human capital. uh, in order to work in this area, uh, to strengthen uh, to support sustainable development, to involve as many young people as possible. as for the security world. e

democracy of human rights, of course, we uh appreciate our partners very well, but we ask some partners not to interfere in our internal affairs. and we fight against me constitutional changes, because what happens sometimes on our continent will not be good for our countries. we are the african union you homework the unconstitutional changes that have taken place in nigeria and also we join the international international community in this. i 'd like to say low words, but two-way cooperation between chambers and russia in the 1980s during the soviet

union had the opportunity to train hundreds of students. uh, in the former soviet union and today these cadres occupy very important positions in various places where decisions are made in our country and especially in the business and economic spheres . some of them are part of my delegation and many. they are translators and therefore we thank you for this friendly and efficient cooperation. i am sure that all my colleagues who are here are also grateful and want to re -activate this cooperation with russia and hope that this russian- russian-ukrainian crisis. e, which

slowed down our relationship a bit. uh, after that, our relationship will resume again. thank you very much dear fans chairman e thank you for your appreciation of last night. i think it was meaningful, indeed. i'm glad you liked it. i hope that other participants of our meeting also our activities. we wanted to emphasize e not only what is in russia in the field of culture. we are proud of this, but also the connection of our cultures, i think, especially, the final stage of yesterday's event - it turned out well. thank you very much for your presentation. you said a lot of interesting things, and i would note, first of all, what you said about the youth. this is a very sensitive thing . african youth are talented people. and the fact that many here are present here, who are still present, despite the fact that many years have passed since their education in the soviet union, they speak freely

in russian, it emphasizes exactly this , uh, the quality yes of human potential in africa. thank you very much. i'll give the floor to the president of the transitional period of the burgen style , ibrahim of the grass, please. komarada vladimir putin dear president comrade vladimir putin dear chairman of the african union head of delegation. hello here to speak this morning to convey to you a fraternal greeting. eh, our

peoples are here to gather and talk about the future of the peoples. do not be lazy, jambs, my generation is wondering many questions and does not receive answers and here we feel at home. uh, russia is also a family for africa, because we have the same story that made a lot of sacrifices, made sacrifices in order to free europe and the world from the nation. uh, world war ii

, we have the same story. we can say the forgotten peoples of the world. this concerns that films and in many ways africa and russia, their role in the fight against nazism was forgotten and we are now together because but today we are here to talk about the future our countries and what will happen tomorrow in this new free world that we aspire to, where there will be no interference in our internal affairs , we have the same prospects, and i hope that this summit will be, uh, an opportunity to establish fair it is not clear how it happens that africa

, which has so many water resources, the sun somehow turns out to be the poorest continent today, the most hungry. and how, uh, it turns out, so that we are forced to ask help and we ask ourselves these questions until we get answers and we have. ability to create a new relationship. i hope that these relations will uh be better for us, perhaps a better future for our country, many have to cross uh to look for a better life and often die. many are in short supply, food is difficult to survive, as far as assembling for beans is concerned. for 8 years now, we

have been facing the most barbaric cruel form of colonialism, imperialism, modern slavery is being imposed on us, which cannot, uh, as it were say he deserves no pity we decide to fight who

call them a squad. the people decide to take up arms the problem and this is not even the problem that the heads of african states do not give anything to these peoples who are fighting against imperialism, and call us armed detachments and bandits and we do not agree with such an approach of african states as puppets in

relations with the imperialist. we must, uh, be sure to ensure self-sufficiency, uh, our peoples of our countries ah, food insufficiency and meet all the needs of our people of our peoples. i would like to say that we owe it to our peoples who

are fighting and fighting. merits it has been fought and is being waged not only in the interests of africa itself, it is being waged in the interests of all mankind, because this struggle leads to results that improve the very quality of e relationships in the world. and that means it is aimed at improving the situation in the world as a whole in this sense, i certainly agree with the lord, this

is, uh, very similar to what happened and is happening in the soviet union with russia in its struggle and what is happening with the country today in the struggle of africa for its true independence - freedom. e with judgment

conveys the word e. to the president of the republic of cameroon, please, lord, allow me, first of all, to express gratitude on behalf of our delegation and on my own behalf for the warm welcome the fraternal welcome that was

given to the city of st. independence was just a long struggle, and russia then had a huge impact on africa. sincere help. we would like to once again thank your great country for this help. until the tenth year dedicated to cooperation, cooperation has always brought great results for africa today

, the world is facing a lot of problems. this is both a drought and an economic crisis. not to mention, already both pandemics, quida was a new story. a new page in our history, but do not forget the rest of the problems. about inflation believers of economic problems in the face of these problems. we encourage cooperation to the kind of cooperation that the russian federation has always had with us. together we are confident that we will be able to offer our peoples new solutions to all problems in africa for more than a billion inhabitants, but we are not sufficiently

provided by international organizations , in particular we are talking about the oh nations of russia the current crisis has further complicated the situation and, as in the past, we hope that russia will support us in particular in seeking financial resources. we would like to say that the cvf is a referral to other financial

institutions to resolve our problems security and struggle. many countries of the world i will not list all the difficulties all the problems once again take advantage of the opportunity given to me and thank the russian federation and its leadership for helping african countries in the fight against the economic problems of our

students studying at russian universities return to our country enriched with knowledge. because of this also. we would like to thank russia, i would like to see, following the results of our forum of communication between the russian federation to surprise, uh, attention, russia's growing attention to uh, africa i think that uh this is not a surprise, this is some kind of wary attitude towards this process, but rather something else is surprising that at some point uh, russia began to pay less attention to africa uh, despite the fact that we

have accumulated such a positive experience was the previous decade. eh, well, after all, they did not pay due attention to the african direction, but taking into account the future. if there is still the potential of africa, if taking into account our accumulated achievements of the past decades. it is absolutely natural that we are russia and africa rebuilding our relationship and this process. it will only grow , our joint work today is precisely an attempt to move in this direction. thank you very much, i pass the floor, lord gifts to the president of the central african republic thank you your excellency mr. vladimir putin president of the russian

federation of the african union dear head of state ladies and gentlemen, today i am speaking on behalf of the central african republic at the binary meeting of the second forum russia africa which takes place in the beautiful city of st. petersburg. but the determination with which russia supports africa in the struggle for sovereignty. president