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TASS Opens Access to Russia–Africa Summit and Forum Photos

Reports by the agency’s photojournalists are available for viewing and use by Forum participants and the media.

The Russian news agency TASS, the official photo host agency and media partner of the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum, has launched a special website russia-africa2023.tass.photo. The website contains reports by the agency’s photojournalists that are available for viewing and use by all Forum participants and media representatives.

The service is adapted for viewing via mobile devices and allows quick access to photo reports from the Summit and Forum.

TASS photographs may be used in professional activities as part of the coverage of the event provided that reference is made to the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum with the name of the author of the photograph and the source in the following order: author’s name/photo host-agency TASS.

These and other TASS photo materials are also available in the Agency’s Media Bank (tassphoto.com/ru), which contains about 43 million items. These include contemporary photos and videos from TASS correspondents in Russia and abroad, infographics, archive images from the late 19th century, as well as materials from the agency’s Russian and foreign partners.

The Second Russia–Africa Summit will be held in ExpoForum (St. Petersburg) on 27–28 July, with the Economic and Humanitarian Forum to be held simultaneously. The events are organized by the Roscongress Foundation. On the sidelines of the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum, TASS organizes the Second Russia–Africa Media Forum.

The Roscongress Foundation is the organizer of the Second Russia–Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum.

Official website: summitafrica.ru

“We highly value the results of our joint work at the summit. I am sure the achieved results are creating a good foundation for further deepening the Russia-Africa partnership in the interests of our nations’ prosperity and wellbeing.”

President of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Putin

The Russia–Africa Summit, which is taking place in Sochi on 23–24 October 2019, encapsulates the historically friendly relations between the African continent and the Russian Federation. This Summit carries great significance as it is the first of its kind to emerge during a period of major global and international transformations. In response to the aspirations of the people it is representing, the Summit intends to build a comprehensive framework for expanding Russian–African relations into broader horizons of joint cooperation across different fields.

The African nations and Russia share a common understanding of international relations, based on the principles of respect for the rule of international law, equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Both sides affirm their commitment to support multilateral actions to oppose new international threats, be they terrorism and extremism in all their forms, or declining growth rates. The two sides share a firm conviction regarding the importance of developing trade flows and supporting mutual investment in such a way as to ensure security, peace and development for the African and Russian people.

African countries have huge potential and opportunities that will allow them, once efforts to streamline their economies have been achieved, to emerge as real global players. In recent years, the nations of this continent have achieved major successes spanning the political, economic, social and administrative spheres. Africa has flourished in terms of growth over the past decade, reaching a continent-wide growth rate of 3.55% in 2018.

The African Union Summit, which was held in Niger in July 2019, continued the efforts of the African countries and saw the African Continental Free Trade Agreement come into force, along with its operational instruments. The agreement is one of the key objectives of Agenda 2063, an African development strategy that has been created to address the African people’s desire for prosperity and decent living standards.

These successes are opening up wide-ranging prospects for cooperation between African countries and the Russian Federation, and confirm the determination of African governments and their people to cooperate with multiple partners in order to establish mutually beneficial relations.

With this in mind, we express our hopes that the Russia–Africa Summit will help in the establishment of constructive strategic relations, based on partnership between two sides across various fields, and in the service of fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the African people and their friends in Russia.

President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Abdelfattah ALSISI