Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in the Russia-Africa forum and summit, which will be held in St. Petersburg later this month.
When asked a relevant question, Peskov replied: “Yes, certainly,”, adding that active preparations for the forum are currently underway.
The spokesman noted: “We expect a highly representative summit with quite a busy agenda and numerous events on the sidelines of it.”
Meanwhile, the second Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum will be held during July 27-28 in St. Petersburg. The first such event was held in Sochi on October 22-24, 2019 under the slogan “For peace, security and development.”
Last month, Putin met with a group of leaders from African countries who traveled to Russia.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after the three-hour meeting that the Africans’ peace plan consisted of 10 elements, but “was not formulated on paper.”
“Our partners from the African Union have shown an understanding of the true causes of the crisis that was created by the West, and have shown an understanding that it is necessary to get out of this situation on the basis of addressing these underlying causes,” Lavrov said.
