THIRD RUSSIA–AFRICA SUMMIT AND OTHER RUSSIA–AFRICA EVENTS

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International partnerships based on mutual respect: Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development holds presentation in Cairo

The city of Cairo was the venue for a presentation by the Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) that served as a preliminary event for the Second Ministerial Conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum and the opening of the Forum’s business programme. The Roscongress Foundation is the Conference operator on the Russian side.

The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development is Egypt’s leading institution for South–South cooperation. Formed through the merger of two technical cooperation funds, EAPD leverages Egypt’s accumulated expertise to promote sustainable development in African countries. Its mission is to build capacity, share knowledge, and develop trade and investment partnerships in accordance with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

The presentation brought up such topics as the challenges facing African countries due to geopolitical tensions and climate change.

“This meeting is taking place at a time when the international landscape is undergoing rapid and far-reaching transformations. Africa is facing an unprecedented combination of challenges,” noted Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Abu Bakr Hefni Mahmoud.

To illustrate his point, the Deputy Foreign Minister cited “rising geopolitical tensions, persistent disruptions to global supply chains, increasing climate effects, growing food and energy insecurity, and increasing financial problems and debt burdens.”

“Not only do these problems threaten development gains, but they also test the very ability of African countries to effectively support the aspirations of their peoples for stability, opportunity, and prosperity,” he explained.

The Deputy Minister also underlined that Egypt was fully committed to strengthening Africa’s resilience and enhancing the continent’s ability to cope with these complex processes. He noted that Africa’s development was inextricably linked to global stability and called for international partnerships based on equality and mutual respect.

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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