KAZAN, May 21. Russia considers it necessary to strengthen the composition of African embassies, especially in connection with the upcoming Russia-Africa summit, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Oleg Ozerov told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow, after the expulsion of Russian diplomats by the West, would increase the composition of diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia, the CIS, reformat the central office 
May 20, 13:56 central office in the African direction, and our embassies. Let's see how it will be in practice. We really hope that this will happen, because we have great potential for the development of our relations,» he said on the sidelines of the Russia-Islamic World: SummitKazan 2022″. «You know that we are preparing the second Russia-Africa summit. Strengthening our embassies would be extremely useful in this regard,» Ozerov added. According to him, preparations for the summit are still underway, the date and place have not yet been determined. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters that the issue of holding the summit is being discussed with African partners to take a joint decision.
