federation your excellency president of the union of the comoros and chairman of the african union africa dear sirsads of state and government ladies and gentlemen. i would like to start by thanking you for this initiative between the russian federation and african doubts - this is a new platform that will allow us to build a world facing many crises. in our country, we have gone through a crisis associated with the coronavirus, which has greatly affected developing countries. we have a crisis, and for a long time there is protectionism, which we see from many western countries, we are facing political and climatic crisis in this regard, developing countries. economies have become increasingly important players in international armenia together only countries brix, for example, the world's population is a quarter of gdp and is not comparable to the world, which is part of the big seven, that the protectionist policy that always pursues on the one hand affects much more developing countries, the use of sanctions for political purposes, and attempts to expand the jurisdiction of one country, its terr

union of the amur islands, azalea assumani. dear sir ladies and gentlemen. i would like to unload the satisfaction that the main activities of the official program of the second summit. russia africaassed in a constructive friendly atmosphere and very effectively. this applies to the economic and humanitarian forum and the summit meetings themselves and special meetings with the leaders of african regional organizations. tonight, we will discuss the situation around ukraine with interested african countries and a number of bilateral contacts with african leaders scheduled our meeting with all the heads of state present in st . africa , representatives of african states have shown political will, demonstrated their independence and real interest in developing cooperation with our country. we appreciate this and are convinced of the successful future of russian-african relations based on on the traditions of time-tested friendship on the historical experience of multifaceted and fruitful interaction, which began even in the earliest period of the formation of african states. most importantly, the summit once again confirmed the firm commitment of both russia and africa to further de