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Programme architecture released for First Ministerial Conference of Russia–Africa Partnership Forum

The programme architecture has been released for the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum, which will take place on 9–10 November 2024 at the Sirius Federal Territory. The event will build upon the decisions taken at the second Russia–Africa Summit and bring together the heads of the ministries of foreign affairs of Russia and African countries, the African Union Commission, as well as the executive bodies of regional integration associations.

The heads of key African ministries and regional organizations, as well as representatives of government agencies, financial institutions, Russian and African businesses, public and scientific communities, and the media have been invited to take part in the Conference business programme. The event is being managed by the Roscongress Foundation.

“Relations between Russia and the countries of Africa are at a critical stage in their development. We are seeing a high level of cooperation in several areas: from the implementation of economic and humanitarian projects to joint work within the scientific and technical complex. The programme that is planned for the sidelines of the Conference covers the entire range of key issues on the current agenda. I firmly believe that the upcoming event will give a new impetus to Russian-African relations within the framework of the existing dialogue mechanism,” Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee for Russia–Africa Events Anton Kobyakov said.

The meeting participants will discuss cooperation in such areas as security, economics, humanitarian interaction, including international information security, combatting terrorism, preventing an arms race in space, trade, economic, and investment partnerships, food security, agribusiness, geological exploration, sharing expertise, the digitalization of public administration, education, the training of diplomatic corps, healthcare, and epidemiological well-being. Special attention will be paid to cooperation between countries of the African continent and the Eurasian Economic Union.

The business programme will include a presentation of the English-language version of the Africa 2025. Prospects and Challenges policy brief prepared by a team of experts at the HSE Centre for African Studies with the support of Uralchem Group, which aims to provide guidance for African experts, scientists, and decision-makers.

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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