emphasized that russia is ready to continue to contribute to efforts to stabilize the situation in the sahara-sahel in other parts of the african continent, reported our colleagues about the assistance that russia provides on a bilateral basis to regional countries. law enforcement officers, providing humanitarian assistance, including free supplies of food and fertilizers in accordance with the decision of president putin, which he announced at the second russia-africa summit in july this year in st. petersburg. gambia is now leading. organization of islamic cooperation, we, our friends , were informed about the preparations for the fifteenth summit of this organization, which should to take place in banjul in may of this year, we confirmed our readiness to send russian representatives as observers to this important international forum. of course, we talked about the state of affairs in the middle east, primarily in the context of a sharp deterioration. for the fact that the gambian partners are sympathetic to what is happening and advocate exclusively for a fair political settlement, which so far

particular attention was paid to african issues, they talked about the situation in the sahara-sahelith an emphasis on the situation in hot spots, including the situation in mali. emerging