russia and south africa over the past year increased by almost 16.5% and reached one billion 300 million dollars, vladimir putin said at a meeting with his colleague from south africa cyril romaphos at was held in st. petersburg where the russia-africa summit ended the day before, and in general putin noted the russian south african relations are based on the principles of strategic partnership rich and varied set up on a multi-level political dialogue is the most promising areas of cooperation. energy. according to putin, the talks with american leaders are going productively on the eve of they dragged on until late. coordinated quite late finished already. it was at 1:30 am, around 2 am moscow time. but on the other hand, we worked very actively and, in my opinion , worked productively. it has benefited, i think, both our bilateral relations and our relations with the african continent in in general, with regard to russian south african relations, they are based on the principles of a strategic partnership of interaction between our countries it is becoming more and more intense and more diverse, we continue to work and discuss topics at the un level, come to a consensus and ap

south africa cyril romofosa . vladimir putin noted that the main goal of the istanbul agreement on the rate needy countries, has not been implemented, and pipets for russian exports are still preserved cyril romaphosin for the warm welcome. during a june visit to st. petersburg , the leaders agreed to hold a separate meeting at the upcoming russia africa summit. russia will expand its diplomatic presence in friendly countries. our consulate general has opened on the island today. phuket in thailand at the ceremony was foreign minister sergei lavrov, who talked with his thai colleague about the prospects for card calculations the world for the convenience of our tourists, and there were over half a million of them in phuket alone in less than a year, ivan prozorov's report anthem of russia and thailand at the opening of the russian consulate general in phuket, the long-term dialogue of two cultures, speaking at the ceremony , sergey lavrov noted how the tourist flow from russia to thailand has grown after the resumption of direct flights between our countries , one million 200,000 russians visited thailand last year, and half of them spent their holidays in phuket, i am convinced that these numbers