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📰 Article by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for African media dedicated to the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum (December 18, 2025) "Russia–Africa: New Horizons for Old Friends" ✍️ Cairo will soon host [December…
🇷🇺🤝🌍 Lavrov: #Russia is an old & trusted friend of #Africa. The values of collectivism, solidarity and mutual assistance are at the core of Russian cultural code, which is generally in line with the African Ubuntu philosophy – "I exist because we exist"
The article was published in today's issue of The Star newspaper and its website:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/2025-12-19-sergey-lavrov-russia-africa-new-horizons-for-old-friends
The article was published in today's issue of The Star newspaper and its website:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/opinion/2025-12-19-sergey-lavrov-russia-africa-new-horizons-for-old-friends
The Star
SERGEY LAVROV: Russia–Africa: New horizons for old friends
As officials prepare to meet in Cairo, Russia reaffirms its commitment to deepening political, economic and security cooperation with African nations.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov hold talks on the sidelines of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum with colleagues from #Tanzania, #Namibia, #Burundi, #Botswana, #Gambia, #EquatorialGuinea, #Congo, #Egypt, #Togo https://t.co/1MdRll1uB5
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#RussiaAfrica cooperation is about shifting the focus away from external influence and toward agency, dignity, and the right of African nations to pursue paths that align with their own priorities and values. https://t.co/RqFMi5b1gW
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🗓 On December 18, building on the UN General Assembly resolution 80/106 “International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations”, adopted on December 5 at the initiative of the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter with Russia’s participation, a plenary meeting of the UN General Assembly was held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
Our country played a key role in supporting the national liberation movements of colonial peoples. The Victory of the Soviet Union over German Nazism and Japanese militarism inspired patriotic forces resisting colonial oppression and triggered a powerful surge of liberation movements worldwide. The dedicated efforts of Soviet diplomacy, aimed at dismantling the colonial system, ensured the adoption on December 14, 1960, during the 15th Session of the UN General Assembly, of resolution 1514, which enshrined this historic Declaration.
The document became one of the most significant achievements of the UN. At the time, it freed nearly one third of the world’s population from colonial domination and led to the emergence of dozens of new states across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.
Our country provided newly independent states with political and material support, helped them defend their sovereignty, and assisted in rebuilding national economies undermined by decades of colonial exploitation. We actively contributed to the restoration of infrastructure, the establishment of state institutions, education systems and training of national personnel, and delivered substantial humanitarian assistance.
❗️ The colonial era, which is considered de jure concluded with the adoption of the Declaration, de facto remains unresolved. 17 territories worldwide still lack sovereignty or remain directly dependent on administering metropolitan states. Even after the formal liberation of dependent territories, former colonial powers have not abandoned practices of exploitation, continuing to draw resources from previously subordinated countries to sustain their own development and claims to global dominance. This includes the persistence of unequal relations, through which natural, economic, intellectual and other resources are extracted under various pretexts.
Today, with Russia's active support, a broad front of Global Majority states is taking shape, determined to put an end to the remnants of the shameful colonial era that impede the emergence of a fair and equitable multipolar global architecture. An important role in this effort is played by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter.
🤝 Russia will continue, together with like-minded partners, to consolidate efforts aimed at overcoming diktat and ensuring the right of peoples to independent development, grounded in cultural and civilisational identity and traditional values.
#StopColonialism
Our country played a key role in supporting the national liberation movements of colonial peoples. The Victory of the Soviet Union over German Nazism and Japanese militarism inspired patriotic forces resisting colonial oppression and triggered a powerful surge of liberation movements worldwide. The dedicated efforts of Soviet diplomacy, aimed at dismantling the colonial system, ensured the adoption on December 14, 1960, during the 15th Session of the UN General Assembly, of resolution 1514, which enshrined this historic Declaration.
The document became one of the most significant achievements of the UN. At the time, it freed nearly one third of the world’s population from colonial domination and led to the emergence of dozens of new states across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania.
Our country provided newly independent states with political and material support, helped them defend their sovereignty, and assisted in rebuilding national economies undermined by decades of colonial exploitation. We actively contributed to the restoration of infrastructure, the establishment of state institutions, education systems and training of national personnel, and delivered substantial humanitarian assistance.
❗️ The colonial era, which is considered de jure concluded with the adoption of the Declaration, de facto remains unresolved. 17 territories worldwide still lack sovereignty or remain directly dependent on administering metropolitan states. Even after the formal liberation of dependent territories, former colonial powers have not abandoned practices of exploitation, continuing to draw resources from previously subordinated countries to sustain their own development and claims to global dominance. This includes the persistence of unequal relations, through which natural, economic, intellectual and other resources are extracted under various pretexts.
Today, with Russia's active support, a broad front of Global Majority states is taking shape, determined to put an end to the remnants of the shameful colonial era that impede the emergence of a fair and equitable multipolar global architecture. An important role in this effort is played by the Group of Friends in Defence of the UN Charter.
🤝 Russia will continue, together with like-minded partners, to consolidate efforts aimed at overcoming diktat and ensuring the right of peoples to independent development, grounded in cultural and civilisational identity and traditional values.
#StopColonialism
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The official #FamilyPhoto ceremony with the participation of FM Sergey Lavrov and African nations' Ministers & representatives was held ahead of the Plenary Session of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum
📍 Cairo, December 20
#RussiaAfrica
The official #FamilyPhoto ceremony with the participation of FM Sergey Lavrov and African nations' Ministers & representatives was held ahead of the Plenary Session of the Second Ministerial Conference of the #RussiaAfrica Partnership Forum
📍 Cairo, December 20
#RussiaAfrica
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📄 JOINT STATEMENT by the Participants in the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum (Cairo, December 20, 2025)
✍️ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the African States recognised by the UN, the Leadership of the African Union Commission and the executive bodies of the leading African integration organisations, as well as their representatives:
• We are pleased to note the strategic level of Africa-Russia cooperation and the dynamic implementation of the agreements enshrined in the final documents of the First (Sochi, 23–24 October 2019) and Second (Saint Petersburg, 27–28 July 2023) Russia–Africa Summits, including the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan 2023–2026.
• We express our willingness to proceed with the preparation of the next Action Plan for 2026–2029 aiming at its adoption at the third Russia–Africa Summit.
• We reconfirm the shared responsibility of African States and Russia to promote a just and stable world 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 resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 79/115 of 4 December 2024.
Political Cooperation
• We acknowledge the intense dynamics of political engagement between Russia and African States, including at the high and highest levels, and welcome the expansion of mutual diplomatic presence.
• We advocate for cooperative, rather than confrontational relations. We recognize the value of diverse multilateral platforms, including BRICS, in promoting a more inclusive and representative system of global governance.
• We reaffirm our commitment to further facilitating, on a bilateral basis, of conditions for reciprocal travels between Russia and African States, in particular to increase business, education, cultural, tourist and other people-to-people exchanges.
Security Cooperation
• We call on the world community to consolidate political and diplomatic efforts aimed at overall reduction of tensions, peaceful resolution of ongoing conflicts and prevention of new crises as well as ensuring lasting and comprehensive global and regional stability.
• We advocate for compliance with international law and reject any approaches threatening stability in Africa. We emphasise the importance of respecting the universal Africa-led solutions, with partners supporting where appropriate and deplore the involvement of external actors in fuelling conflicts in Africa.
• We reaffirm our commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, its financing and providing of safe havens to terrorists.
Trade and Economic Cooperation
• We acknowledge the positive dynamics in mutual trade between the Russian Federation and African States, despite the unilateral coercive measures in force. Given the potential of Russia–Africa trade and economic cooperation, we reaffirm our shared commitment to significantly increase and diversify its scale.
• We underscore the importance of expanding the participation of Russian companies in Africa, including through cooperation focused on establishing and strengthening manufacturing and industrial capabilities.
• We reaffirm our determination to enhance interaction in the fuel and energy industries and in the field of critical raw minerals essential for just and balanced energy transition, particularly on the African continent.
Read the full statement: Part I / Part II
✍️ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the African States recognised by the UN, the Leadership of the African Union Commission and the executive bodies of the leading African integration organisations, as well as their representatives:
• We are pleased to note the strategic level of Africa-Russia cooperation and the dynamic implementation of the agreements enshrined in the final documents of the First (Sochi, 23–24 October 2019) and Second (Saint Petersburg, 27–28 July 2023) Russia–Africa Summits, including the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum Action Plan 2023–2026.
• We express our willingness to proceed with the preparation of the next Action Plan for 2026–2029 aiming at its adoption at the third Russia–Africa Summit.
• We reconfirm the shared responsibility of African States and Russia to promote a just and stable world 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 resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 79/115 of 4 December 2024.
Political Cooperation
• We acknowledge the intense dynamics of political engagement between Russia and African States, including at the high and highest levels, and welcome the expansion of mutual diplomatic presence.
• We advocate for cooperative, rather than confrontational relations. We recognize the value of diverse multilateral platforms, including BRICS, in promoting a more inclusive and representative system of global governance.
• We reaffirm our commitment to further facilitating, on a bilateral basis, of conditions for reciprocal travels between Russia and African States, in particular to increase business, education, cultural, tourist and other people-to-people exchanges.
Security Cooperation
• We call on the world community to consolidate political and diplomatic efforts aimed at overall reduction of tensions, peaceful resolution of ongoing conflicts and prevention of new crises as well as ensuring lasting and comprehensive global and regional stability.
• We advocate for compliance with international law and reject any approaches threatening stability in Africa. We emphasise the importance of respecting the universal Africa-led solutions, with partners supporting where appropriate and deplore the involvement of external actors in fuelling conflicts in Africa.
• We reaffirm our commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, its financing and providing of safe havens to terrorists.
Trade and Economic Cooperation
• We acknowledge the positive dynamics in mutual trade between the Russian Federation and African States, despite the unilateral coercive measures in force. Given the potential of Russia–Africa trade and economic cooperation, we reaffirm our shared commitment to significantly increase and diversify its scale.
• We underscore the importance of expanding the participation of Russian companies in Africa, including through cooperation focused on establishing and strengthening manufacturing and industrial capabilities.
• We reaffirm our determination to enhance interaction in the fuel and energy industries and in the field of critical raw minerals essential for just and balanced energy transition, particularly on the African continent.
Read the full statement: Part I / Part II
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🎙 Statement by Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Plenary Session of the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum (Cairo, 20 December 2025)
💬 Sergey Lavrov: Our cooperation continues its confident, forward-looking development. Its comprehensive and genuinely strategic character is being further strengthened. We seek to coordinate efforts both on the international stage and bilaterally, in a spirit of mutual respect and equality.
We are advancing a shared vision of a more just and democratic multipolar world order, free from diktat and “double standards”, and based on respect for international law and the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, in their entirety and interconnection.
We advocate full consideration of the political and economic interests of African countries at all key international platforms, ensure fairer representation of African States in the global decision-making system, including the UN Security Council, and support reform of the international financial architecture. We fully respect the decisions adopted in this regard – the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.
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We attach great importance to strengthening peace and security on the African continent. This is a key prerequisite for steady and sustainable socio-economic development, and an essential element of global stability.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia makes a meaningful contribution to resolving ongoing conflicts and preventing new ones in Africa. We fully share the principle fundamental to Africans: “African solutions to African problems”.
As it did 65 years ago, Russia remains a reliable partner to its friends in defending their sovereignty, relying on their own strengths. We consider unacceptable the course pursued by certain countries and military-political blocs representing the Global Minority, aimed at drawing the region into confrontational geopolitical ventures. This runs counter to Africa’s independent development and prosperity.
We assist in strengthening the defence capabilities of African countries to counter internal and external threats, first and foremost terrorism.
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We are convinced that sustainable conflict resolution requires addressing root causes, which lie in the legacy of Western colonialism – a system that disrupted Africa’s natural historical development, arbitrarily drew borders, and imposed an economic order serving the interests of Western metropolises.
Regrettably, various forms of neo-colonialism persist to this day. We stand ready to act together with our African partners to eradicate them, including through the development of legal instruments to assess and compensate for damage inflicted during the colonial period. Following the first Russia–Africa Ministerial Conference, we agreed to consider establishing a relevant permanent coordination mechanism.
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Today, we are witnessing Africa’s “second awakening”, and the strengthening of its international standing.
We support our African friends’ aspiration to independently choose their partners.
We remain a reliable ally of African states in strengthening their national sovereignty – politically, in security matters, and across all other dimensions: economic, energy, food, technological, digital, human resources, and information – relying on their own resources and national interests, as well as on external partners who fully respect those interests.
Our political dialogue at the highest and high levels is actively developing. Russia’s diplomatic presence on the continent continues to expand. This year, embassies opened in Niger, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. Next in line are The Gambia, Liberia, Togo, and the Comoros.
We invite partners that do not yet have embassies in Moscow to consider opening them. We stand ready to provide every possible assistance.
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💬 Sergey Lavrov: Our cooperation continues its confident, forward-looking development. Its comprehensive and genuinely strategic character is being further strengthened. We seek to coordinate efforts both on the international stage and bilaterally, in a spirit of mutual respect and equality.
We are advancing a shared vision of a more just and democratic multipolar world order, free from diktat and “double standards”, and based on respect for international law and the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, in their entirety and interconnection.
We advocate full consideration of the political and economic interests of African countries at all key international platforms, ensure fairer representation of African States in the global decision-making system, including the UN Security Council, and support reform of the international financial architecture. We fully respect the decisions adopted in this regard – the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration.
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We attach great importance to strengthening peace and security on the African continent. This is a key prerequisite for steady and sustainable socio-economic development, and an essential element of global stability.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia makes a meaningful contribution to resolving ongoing conflicts and preventing new ones in Africa. We fully share the principle fundamental to Africans: “African solutions to African problems”.
As it did 65 years ago, Russia remains a reliable partner to its friends in defending their sovereignty, relying on their own strengths. We consider unacceptable the course pursued by certain countries and military-political blocs representing the Global Minority, aimed at drawing the region into confrontational geopolitical ventures. This runs counter to Africa’s independent development and prosperity.
We assist in strengthening the defence capabilities of African countries to counter internal and external threats, first and foremost terrorism.
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We are convinced that sustainable conflict resolution requires addressing root causes, which lie in the legacy of Western colonialism – a system that disrupted Africa’s natural historical development, arbitrarily drew borders, and imposed an economic order serving the interests of Western metropolises.
Regrettably, various forms of neo-colonialism persist to this day. We stand ready to act together with our African partners to eradicate them, including through the development of legal instruments to assess and compensate for damage inflicted during the colonial period. Following the first Russia–Africa Ministerial Conference, we agreed to consider establishing a relevant permanent coordination mechanism.
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Today, we are witnessing Africa’s “second awakening”, and the strengthening of its international standing.
We support our African friends’ aspiration to independently choose their partners.
We remain a reliable ally of African states in strengthening their national sovereignty – politically, in security matters, and across all other dimensions: economic, energy, food, technological, digital, human resources, and information – relying on their own resources and national interests, as well as on external partners who fully respect those interests.
Our political dialogue at the highest and high levels is actively developing. Russia’s diplomatic presence on the continent continues to expand. This year, embassies opened in Niger, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. Next in line are The Gambia, Liberia, Togo, and the Comoros.
We invite partners that do not yet have embassies in Moscow to consider opening them. We stand ready to provide every possible assistance.
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🎄The Moscow Regional State Academic Theater “Russian Ballet” named after V.Gordeev presented its best dances on stage of the National Theatre in Nairobi.
✨As part of a cultural exchange and celebration of Russian classical choreography, the theater's artists have staged an unforgettable show that impressed the audience with its skill, expressiveness, and beauty.
🩰The ballet troupe presented famous works from the Russian ballet school to the Kenyan audience. These included excerpts from classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Carmen and other.
🇷🇺🇰🇪The tour in Kenya was an important step in the development of cultural ties between Russia and Kenya. Ballet is a universal language that connects people from different countries and cultures.
✨As part of a cultural exchange and celebration of Russian classical choreography, the theater's artists have staged an unforgettable show that impressed the audience with its skill, expressiveness, and beauty.
🩰The ballet troupe presented famous works from the Russian ballet school to the Kenyan audience. These included excerpts from classical ballets such as The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Carmen and other.
🇷🇺🇰🇪The tour in Kenya was an important step in the development of cultural ties between Russia and Kenya. Ballet is a universal language that connects people from different countries and cultures.
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