MOSCOW, May 25 USA and several others Western countries tried to dissuade representatives of African countries from going to Russia for an international security meeting and the Russia-Africa summit, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told reporters on Thursday.
According to him, during the last international security meeting under the auspices He held 42 meetings of the Security Council of the Russian Federation with colleagues from different countries, «especially from Africa.»
«With whom we talked, they said:» But when we were going to go to you, we were told by representatives of the United States, some other Western countries: «You don't have to do this, you don't have to go not only to this meeting, but you also don't have to go to the Russia-Africa summit,» Patrushev said.