on the picturesque bank of the alima river near the presidential residence, lavrov was met by the headxplains in many respects why today it is so easy to establish contacts with africa, many representatives of african elites, like him, made a career thanks to education in the ussr there are many of them for russia they are a kind of guides on the black continent, all countries, which, by the way, they refused to accept towards the west on the ukrainian issue. from the very beginning, we did not want to howl along with the wolves. we didn't want to add fuel to the fire. we would like to appeal to both parties to respectfully and friendly relations that exist to seek a negotiated solution. this is a landmark statement, given the pressure that west african countries are exerting to force them to refuse cooperation with russia, unfortunately. now these relapses of colonial thinking are instincts, and colonial policies are manifested in the policies of our western countries, when they demand that the whole world take the position for them and against everyone else is well remembered here, w