my name is igor kuroshenko. thank you very much for the opportunity to ask you a question. you about the efforts of our diplomacy in the african direction. you held a number of meetings with your african colleagues, and in general, how did they go? uh, i would like to ask what, in your opinion, is the reason for the increasing interest of african countries in russia and how our approach differs from other major geopolitical players in the region. thank you very much. very constructive and fruitful. uh. we first of all considered the tasks that need to be solved to implement the decisions of the russia africa summit, which took place in st. petersburg in july. well, naturally. each side has its own double-sided agenda a and e, two directions. the main ones are trade, as such, and joint investment projects, infrastructure projects, projects in the field of education, culture and much more. and medicine, of course, and healthcare in many countries. and there is, uh, an understanding that we are coming not just to develop natural resources, export them and process them locally,