First Ministerial Conference
of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum

About the event

The First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum will take place on 9–10 November 2024 at the Sirius Federal Territory of Sirius University.

The Second Russia–Africa Summit was held in 2023 and confirmed a mutual commitment to further strengthening their full-fledged partnership. The declaration adopted at the Summit resulted in the establishment of a new dialogue format that will meet on a regular basis: Ministerial Conferences of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum.

Recap of the Second Russia–Africa Summit

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

With the attendance of heads of key agencies, the event aims to strengthen comprehensive cooperation between Russia and African countries in all dimensions: politics, security, economics, as well as scientific, technical, cultural, and humanitarian issues.

SECTIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAMME

Roundtables and panel discussions on the most pressing issues on the Russian-African agenda will be held on the sidelines of the Conference. A separate thematic area will focus on humanitarian cooperation between Russia and its African partners.

CULTURAL PROGRAMME

The cultural programme will include musical, exhibition, and sightseeing events that aim to showcase the traditions of the peoples of Russia and African countries.

THE CONFERENCE AND BUSINESS PROGRAMME WILL BE ATTENDED BY

Oleg Ozerov

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND HEAD OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE RUSSIA–AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FORUM

“The concept of the Ministerial Conference reflects the key cross-cutting issues that were recorded in the final documents of the Second Russia–Africa Summit. In this new format of interaction, the sides must continue work to mutually support cooperation priorities and the national interests of Russia and African countries.”


“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