MOSCOW, July 24 The second half of the week for Russian President Vladimir Putin will be very busy, the Russia-Africa summit is expected, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Pes cov.
«Putin's article was published last night, which is dedicated to the Russia-Africa summit, this summit will begin on Thursday July 27 in St. Petersburg, a very important event, a very representative event … We are waiting for this event, Africans are waiting for this event, so the second half of the week is going to be very, very eventful,» Peskov told reporters.
He noted that Putin's article was published in the largest media of a number of African states — Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Guinea, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Congo, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Seychelles, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, South Africa, Ethiopia, Chad and the Central African Republic .
«We also do not rule out that it will be published in other countries in a few days, we are waiting for confirmation, therefore (the article) has been widely distributed throughout the African continent,» Peskov stressed.
He added that Putin also congratulated the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his birthday in the morning. Uzbekistan is a close partner of Russia, there are broad prospects and great potential for the development of bilateral relations, Peskov specified.
The second summit and economic forum «Russia — Africa» will be held on July 27-28 in St. Petersburg. acts as an information partner of the event.
The first Russia-Africa summit was held in Sochi in 2019, along with an economic forum. The forum was attended by heads of African states, representatives of Russian, African and international business and government agencies, as well as representatives of integration associations of the African continent.