dear mr. president of the russian federation vladimir putin president also dear heads of state governments mr. african countries who are present in this hall africa president of the american union dear head of delegation, dear ambassadors representatives of international organizations ladiesentlemen. i would like to express my deep gratitude to the president of the russian federation mr. vladimir putin and the government of the russian federation in the hospitable city of st. petersburg, i also thank the administration of st. used to be called leningrad, of course, this city is inextricably linked with the history of this particular city during the fierce battles of world war ii. uh, inspired people all over the world, who later also rose to fight for the liberation of their nations dear friends, heads of state governments. these days two international events are taking over. petersburg the first is the partnership forum that has already taken place, russia africa, which adopted an action plan for the period 2023 2026, and today is the day of the russia africa summit, the goal of both the forum and the summit is to renew and strengthen the historical strategic ties that were in the second half of the 20th century. defined the movement of the african peoples of kabritine n