regional ones, as well as with regional ones. integration structures, including the cis eurasian cooperation organizationn, the caribbean community, the cooperation council, the arab states of the russian gulf. taking into account the fact that they are taking part in our meeting, in fact , the majority of african states today are naturally focused on africa, and we in russia are only happy about this, we believe that this is very correct, especially the chairman. today we have the south african republic with many of you dear friends. we met at all recently in st. petersburg, at the second russia -africa summit, where useful and constructive discussions took place in st. petersburg , it was confirmed that russia-africa is bound by growing bonds of friendship and close fucking beneficial relations. the foundations of which were laid back in the middle of the last century during the struggle of the peoples of the african continent for freedom. we very much appreciate that the countries of africa are disposed towards russia. continent and we will actively promote these ties and actually implement new joint