The first Russia-Africa Summit was held on 23–24 October 2019 in Sochi, Russia, co-hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 43 heads of state or government were in attendance.
| 2019 Russia–Africa Summit | |
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.jpg) The heads of delegations attending the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi pose for photographs. | |
| Host country |  Russia |
| Date | 23–24 October, 2019 |
| Cities | Sochi |
| Participants | Vladimir Putin African Leaders |
| Precedes | 2023 Russia–Africa Summit |
Putin emphasized "state sovereignty" and Russian willingness to offer aid or trade deals "without political or other conditions", said that "an array of Western countries are resorting to pressure, intimidation and blackmail of sovereign African governments," against which Russia was well suited to help African states push back.[1]
The second Russia-Africa Summit was scheduled for October 2022 in Addis Ababa, but was then rescheduled to 26–29 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg.[2]
Attendees
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Abdelkader Bensaleh, Acting President of Algeria
João Lourenço, President of Angola
Patrice Talon, President of Benin
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic
Idriss Déby, President of Chad
Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros
Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo
Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti
Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
Mswati III, King of Eswatini
Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Prime Minister of Gabon
Adama Barrow, President of The Gambia
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
Alpha Conde, President of Guinea[3]
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia
Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya
Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali
Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania
Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique
Hage Geingob, President of Namibia
Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Danny Faure, President of Seychelles
Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone
Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaajo, President of Somalia
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa
Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan
Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan
Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania
Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo
Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of Tunisia
Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe
References
edit- ^ Gershkovich, Evan (October 26, 2019). "At Russia's Inaugural Africa Summit, Moscow Sells Sovereignty". The Moscow Times. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "Most African nations will attend Russia's second Africa-Russia summit in St Petersburg". bne IntelliNews. March 14, 2023.
- ^ Alfa Shaban, Abdur Rahman (October 23, 2019). "LIST: African presidents, PMs attending Russia - Africa summit". africanews. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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