🇷🇺 President of Russia Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the participants in the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum which is taking place at the Sirius Federal Territory, Krasnodar krai.

💬The message reads, in part:

African countries enjoy a growing prestige on the international stage. By pursuing a constructive and peace-loving foreign policy, they are playing an increasingly important role in addressing major international matters.
For its part, Russia attaches particular importance to strengthening traditionally friendly relations with its African partners. We are united by our aspiration to building a just multipolar world order based on genuine equality and the rule of international law, free from any form of discrimination, dictate and sanctions pressure.

Photo: Sergei Karpukhin / TASS

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⚡️ Joint Statement of the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum (Sirius Federal Territory, Russian Federation, November 10, 2024)

✍️ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and African States recognised by the United Nations (UN), Leadership of the African Union Commission and of executive bodies of the leading African integration organisations, as well as their representatives, gathered on 10 November 2024 in the Russian Federation, Sirius Federal Territory, to participate in the First Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum.

We are pleased to note the strategic level of Russia-Africa cooperation, and positively assess the pace of the implementation of the agreements reached during the first (Sochi, 23-24 October 2019) and second (Saint Petersburg, 27-28 July 2023) Russia-Africa Summits and articulated in the final documents thereof, including the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan 2023-2026.

We reconfirm our intention to continue strategic-level engagement in order to achieve a world order that would ensure international peace and security for all, equal opportunities for the development of all States, preservation of their cultural and civilizational uniqueness regardless of differences in political, economic and social structures, geographical location, demographic, resource and military potentials.

We welcome the adoption by heads of delegations participating in the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership of joint statements on:

• measures to create a fair, transparent and equitable system of International Information Security;
• strengthening cooperation in the fight against terrorism;
• current issues of exploration and use of Outer Space for peaceful purposes.

We reconfirm the shared responsibility of the Russian Federation and African States for supporting the creation of a just and stable world order based on the principles of sovereign equality of States, non-interference in their internal affairs, respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity and the right of all peoples to self-determination as provided for, inter alia, by UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as the need to preserve national identity and national resources, cultural and civilizational diversity and to protect traditional values.

👉 Political Cooperation

We consider the development of constructive partnership with the African Union and the leading African integration organisations as a foreign policy priority of the Russian Federation and African States.

👉 Security Cooperation

We confirm the importance of the principle of "African Solutions to African Problems" in conflict resolution.

👉 Trade and Economic Cooperation

We express our readiness to continue joint efforts to strengthen the voice and representation of the African continent in the global economic governance architecture.

👉 Education, Health, Culture, Sports, Youth Policy and Media Cooperation

We welcome the dynamic cooperation between the Russian Federation and African States in the field of culture.

👉 Environmental and Climate Cooperation

We advocate for stepping up efforts to consolidate approaches to international environmental and climate issues within the specialised UN fora to prevent the politicisation of work in these areas.

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The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and African States recognised by the United Nations, Leadership of the African Union Commission and the executive bodies of the leading African integration organisations, as well as their representatives, who participated in the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia‑Africa Partnership Forum express their commitment to further working together in order to expand cooperation and ensure the success of the third Russia-Africa Summit to be held in 2026.

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📆 203 years ago Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born, a world-renowned Russian writer and philosopher widely considered one of the greatest psychological novelists in the world literature.

✍️ As a writer, F.Dostoyevsky influenced a great many of western authors like F.Kafka, J.Joyce, V.Woolf, E.Hemingway as well as philosophers F.Nietzsche and J.-P. Sartre. Gabriel García Márquez and Haruki Murakami were Dostoyevsky’s fans in youth.

📚 F.Dostoyevsky’s works were translated into more than 170 languages. Until today, they are still popularly read and assigned in schools and universities. He explored and captured the depth of the human soul, surfacing emotions and feelings in times both dark and happy.

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❗️🇷🇺 Russia has never been a colonizing country, but it supported Africa in its struggle to throw off the shackles of the West, Congolese foreign minister says

The relationship with the #West is the legacy of a tragic history: slavery and then colonization, but Russia has never been a slave-owning country, Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Claude Gakosso told @Sputnik_africa on the sidelines of the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Russia's Sochi.

"Very early on, Russia, the Soviet Union, took a stand against this phenomenon [of colonization], giving powerful support to African countries, as I was just saying. And in the same way that we trade with our neighboring country - which is China: your neighboring country - this same type of relationship is what we have developed with Russia. A win-win relationship, based on mutual respect, not one where you look down on your partner," the minister stated.

#RussiaAfrica #StopColonialismNow

💬Посол России в ЮАР Р.Е. Амбаров:

Межрегиональное сотрудничество между Россией и ЮАР является, безусловно, одной из важнейших составляющих нашего двустороннего взаимодействия. Связи между Санкт-Петербургом и провинцией Гаутенг – яркий пример того, насколько оно активно. Уверен, что этот визит будет исключительно продуктивным для обеих сторон. Посольство приложит все усилия, чтобы этот процесс динамично развивался и приносил свои плоды.

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🌐 Over 1,500 participants attended the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, with 54 African countries represented, including 45 – at the level of ministers.

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the event ‘historic’ adding that #Africa is a center of the multipolar world which emerging not just on paper, but also in practical sense.

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🇷🇺🌍 During the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, Special Presdidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov met with Deputy Chairperson for the African Union (AU) Commission Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa.

🤝 The parties held a comprehensive discussion on a wide range of issues on the shared agenda of #Russia and the #AU. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the comprehensive Russian-African partnership to promote peace, security, stability, and create conditions for sustainable development.

☝️ They also expressed mutual interest in expanding economic ties, including between the #AU and the Eurasian Economic Union (#EAEU), as well as in implementing major energy, mining, infrastructure, and other investment projects.

❗️The Russian side emphasized that, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia would continue to give the highest priority and provide necessary support to African initiatives aimed at resolving conflicts on the continent, including efforts to strengthen the AU's peacekeeping capacity.

Our country also reiterated its readiness to maintain close coordination with the AU and its member states in international fora when addressing the continent's topical challenges, always in compliance with the principle "African solutions to African problems."

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🇷🇺🌍 Russia Offers Raw Materials Partnerships to Africa at #Russia-#Africa Forum

At the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi, Alexander Kozlov, Head of Russia’s Ministry of Natural Resources, announced that Russia is seeking to expand raw materials cooperation with African nations, especially in the field of subsoil use.

Kozlov highlighted Russia's vast reserves of key minerals, including gas, diamonds, nickel, cobalt, gold, platinum, and more. He noted that Russia leads the world in several resources and ranks in the top three globally for coal, oil, copper, and rare earth metals.

☝️ With strong expertise in geological exploration and resource development, Russia is well-positioned to collaborate with Africa, a continent rich in critical mineral reserves.

"Our countries have a shared history of cooperation dating back to the Soviet era, and today, there is immense potential for growth," Kozlov said. He pointed out that Russian specialists have been instrumental in helping unlock Africa’s resource potential, with ongoing projects in countries like Benin, Sudan, Djibouti, Angola, and others.

Kozlov also proposed the idea of Raw Materials Alliances, which would help regulate global markets. Additionally, he mentioned the Geological Platform project, developed in collaboration with #BRICS nations, as a framework to formalize and expand these alliances.

🤝 The potential for mutually beneficial partnerships between #Russia and #Africa is greater than ever, with both sides aiming to harness the full potential of the continent’s rich mineral resources.

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❗️The Third Committee of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly adopted the Russian-initiated draft resolution “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”, co-authored by 40 UN member-states.

✅ 116 countries voted in favour

❌ 54 against, including the US, Canada, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

11 abstained.

#Russia #UnitedNations #nazism #racism #xenophobia

🇷🇺🇮🇩 Russian and Indonesian Navies conduct first joint naval exercise Orruda-2024 in Java Sea

Crews of a joint ship detachment trained maneuvers and communication, employing various signal assets. Then servicemen then trained inspecting suspicious vessels, as well as blocking and mopping up a ship captured by mock terrorists.

🚢⛴ On the second day of the drills, Russian and Indonesian navies conducted training on countering unmanned boats with fire from automatic artillery installations and small arms. Deck helicopters were deployed to train joint tasks.

Video: @mod_russia

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