- Title: Russia and Africa set new goals in joint declaration - Putin
- Date: 24th October 2019
- Summary: SOCHI, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI WALKING ON STAGE AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AND TAKING SEATS PUTIN AND SISI AT STAGE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "The results of our work are reflected in the final declaration. (OVER PHOTOGRAPHER) This document sets goals and objectives for the further development of Russian-African cooperation in all dimensions - in politics, security, (OVER AUDIENCE LISTENING) economics and in scientific, technical, cultural and humanitarian spheres. To make communications between our countries more regular and systematic, as our African friends suggested (OVER PUTIN AND SISI AT STAGE) during the summit, we have decided to create a new meeting ground (OVER PUTIN SPEAKING) - the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum." AUDIENCE LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT, ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI, SAYING (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION): "The development of political, scientific, humanitarian, economic and trade ties has helped us secure our goals and has helped the leaders of Africa and Russia come to an agreement with regard to the joint declaration." AUDIENCE APPLAUDING MEDIA FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV, CHAIRPERSON OF AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT SHAKING HANDS AND TAKING SEATS VARIOUS OF LAVROV AND MAHAMAT SIGNING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MUTUAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION LAVROV AND MAHAMAT SHAKING HANDS AFTER SIGNING MEMORANDUM CEREMONY ATTENDANTS SHOOTING ON THEIR CELLPHONES MAHAMAT AND CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION TIGRAN SARGSYAN SHAKING HANDS SARGSYAN SEATING DOWN VARIOUS OF MAHAMAT AND SARGSYAN SIGNING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND THE AFRICAN UNION ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION AUDIENCE APPLAUDING / MAHAMAT AND SARGSYAN SHAKING HANDS
- Embargoed: 7th November 2019 16:29
- Keywords: Vladimir Putin Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Russia-Egypt bilateral agreement Russia-Egypt Russia-Africa Summit Summit in Sochi
- Location: SOCHI, RUSSIA
- City: SOCHI, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2GJ7EV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Russian President Vladimir Putin said the final declaration of Russia-Africa summit in Sochi reflects goals to encourage development of bilateral cooperation. The document was adopted on Thursday (October 24) - the second and final day of the forum.
Putin's Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, stated that the leaders of Africa and Russia came to the mutual agreement thanks to the strong ties in economics, science, trade and in the humanitarian sphere.
During the signing ceremony, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chairperson of African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat put their names on the memorandum of understanding between Russian government and the African Union.
Speaking before dozens of African heads of state at a two-day summit in the southern Russian city of Sochi, Putin called for trade with African countries to double over the next 4-5 years and said Moscow had written off African debts to the tune of over $20 billion.
The first Russia-Africa summit is part of a Kremlin drive to win business and restore influence that faded after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, which backed leftwing governments and movements across the continent throughout the Cold War.
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