First Ministerial Conference
of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum

Press event programme

9.11.2024
10:00–11:00
Sirius University, press centre, press conference hall
Press conference

Results of Positive Technologies' Cyber Threat Survey for Africa

Moderator:

Yulia Sorokina — Press Service Head, Positive Technologies in Russia and the CIS

Participant:

Andrey Bedran — Technical Director of the International Business Department, Positive Technologies

9.11.2024
13:00–13:07
Sirius University, passage near the conference halls area, signing ceremony point 1
Agreement signing ceremony

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Professional Training of the Republic of Chad

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties on cooperation in the field of science, science and technology, and innovation
Representative of the party signing the agreement:

Konstantin Mogilevsky — Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Participant:

Garfa Fatime Aldjineh — Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Responsible for African Integration and Chadians Abroad

9.11.2024
13:07–13:15
Sirius University, passage near the conference halls area, signing ceremony point 1
Agreement signing ceremony

Government of the Russian Federation and Government of the Republic of Chad

Signing of an agreement between the parties on mutual recognition of education, qualifications and degrees
Representative of the party signing the agreement:

Konstantin Mogilevsky — Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation

Participant:

Garfa Fatime Aldjineh — Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Responsible for African Integration and Chadians Abroad

9.11.2024
13:45–14:00
Sirius University, near the conference hall 2, signing ceremony point 2
Agreement signing ceremony

Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Ministry of Health and Sanitation of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties
Representatives of the parties signing the agreement:

Francess Piagie Alghali — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Evgeny Kamkin — Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation

9.11.2024
14:00–14:15
Sirius University, near the conference hall 2, signing ceremony point 2
Agreement signing ceremony

Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and Ministry of National Education of the Central African Republic

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the parties in the field of general education, secondary vocational education and related additional vocational education, vocational training and other areas
Representatives of the parties signing the agreement:

Alexander Bugaev — First Deputy Minister of Enlightenment of the Russian Federation

Aurelien Simplice Kongbelet-Zingas — Minister of State of National Education of the Central African Republic

9.11.2024
17:30–18:00
Sirius University, press centre, press conference hall
Press briefing Broadcast

Press briefing of Anton Kobyakov, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the Russia-Africa Organizing Committee

Participant:

Anton Kobyakov — Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive Secretary of the Russia-Africa Organizing Committee

“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