First Ministerial Conference
of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum

Visa support

Documents required at the border

If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation

You must bring the following to cross the border:

  • a visa
  • a valid passport
  • a medical insurance policy valid in the Russian Federation (if needed)

If you do not need a visa to enter the Russian Federation

You must bring the following to cross the border:

  • a valid passport
  • a medical insurance policy valid in the Russian Federation (if needed)
How to apply for a visa?

If you need a visa to enter the Russian Federation, you can apply for a visa by obtaining an invitation for foreign arrivals (for all Conference participants).

Overseas participants in the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum can apply for a visa by invitation.

Visa validity periods

After submitting all the required documents, Conference participants can obtain a short-term, single-entry Russian visa for the period from 2 to 15 November 2024 at consular offices of the Russian Federation on the day of their application.

Applying for a visa

1. Generate an invitation for foreign arrivals

An invitation for foreign arrivals is not an invitation to First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum, but a separate document from the Conference organizers.

All confirmed participants will receive an official invitation to the Conference by email.

After receiving the invitation:


If there are any errors in your personal data in the application for participation, contact a Roscongress Foundation specialist to make changes to the personal data.

2. Submit an application at a consular office

To receive a visa for entry into Russia, individuals in possession of an invitation must apply at the relevant foreign consular office of the Russian Federation. Information about the location of Russian consular offices can be found on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

We recommend that participants apply at their Russian consular office in good time, at least 2 (two) weeks before departure.

Participants are advised not to apply for entry visas at intermediary visa centres or travel agencies, which are not authorized to issue official visas.

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“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