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Discover Russian Cuisine Festival to Be Held on Sidelines of Russia–Africa Economic Forum

The Discover Russian Cuisine Festival, a tasting event, will be held on 23–24 October in Sochi as part of the Russia–Africa Economic Forum.

The festival will introduce Forum guests and participants to the wide array of gastronomic culture in Russia and its regional specialties.

A team of the best Russian and foreign chefs will show off Russia’s diverse cuisine, combining Russian local products and traditional tastes with modern culinary technologies. Famous chefs will demonstrate their skills on a chef’s table and in master classes.

The programme includes the Black Sea Stories gastronomic set from Andrey Savenkov and Artur Vidinsh, a French-Belgian set from the cooking maestros Michel Lenz and Roland Debuyst, and an exquisite set from the young chef Nikita Prikhodko. The sets will be accompanied by wine from Russian companies that show off the achievements in modern Russian winemaking.

“Over the course of the Forum, Sochi will host more than 3,000 guests from 50 African countries, many of whom will visit our country for the first time. Our job is to not only present them with an extensive business programme, but to also show them traditional Russian hospitality, including our world-famous cuisine and unique recipes. The event will feature tastings of beverages and presentations of unique Russian dishes made from domestic products at Russian enterprises. In addition, we have invited an international team of chefs who will demonstrate their talents using Russian products. I am certain that attending the festival will be a pleasant way for our guests to continue their busy day at the Forum”, Russian Export Center CEO Andrey Slepnev said.

The Russia–Africa Summit and Economic Forum will take place on 23–24 October in Sochi at the Sirius Park of Science and Art. The events are being organized by the Roscongress Foundation, and the co-organizers of the Russia–Africa Economic Forum are Russian Export Center and Afreximbank.

For a more detailed version of the Russia–Africa Economic Forum programme, please visit: https://summitafrica.ru/en/programm/

“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