and what kind of cooperation with the countries of the region will we ask yury nikolayevich , head of the africa department for the middle east of the ministry of foreign affairs of belarus yury vladimirovich hello hello so why is this direction so interesting for many countries of the world in different regions. well, including our country. because the land of africa as they say africa, which is abundant in the first place, is the pantry of natural resources for the planet; more than a third of the known mineral reserves are concentrated in africa, this is coal, oil, gas and rare earth metals necessary for microelectronics and gold and diamonds. secondly, uh, africa's climate and soils are favorable for agricultural development . sustainable development of agriculture . in africa, it can greatly influence the solution of the problem. e hunger on a global scale. and besides, africa is a big territory. africa is growing the population is already more than one and a half billion people and the growth dynamics is positive. at the same time, this is a young population , that is, according to experts, in 2050 the proportion of young people will be 60% of the population of ast