Egyptian
President and African Union (AU) Chairman H.E.
Abdelfattah ALSISI has sent a message to participants in the first RussiaAfrica Economic
Forum. The Forum will be held in Sochi on 2324 October as part of the RussiaAfrica
Summit.
The Egyptian president, who
will serve as co-chair of the RussiaAfrica Summit together with Russian
President Vladimir Putin, underscored the importance of the event, noting that
it is the first of its kind during a period of major global and international
transformation.
«African countries and Russia
have common positions in their international actions based on the principles of
respect for international law, equality, non-interference in the internal
affairs of states, the peaceful settlement of disputes, and a commitment to
multilateral actions in accordance with the two sides similar vision of how to
confront new international challenges», Abdelfattah ALSISI said.
He also noted that African
countries have enormous potential and opportunities that will enable them to
join the worlds developing economic powers after optimization. Africa has made
good progress in terms of its growth rates over the past decade, with the
economy expanding by 3.55% in 2018. The African Continental Free Trade
Agreement took effect at the African Union summit in Niger in July 2019 and
offers a range of new instruments for growth.
Abdelfattah ALSISI said this
success «opens up broad prospects for cooperation between African countries and
the Russian Federation and confirms the commitment of the governments of
African countries and their peoples to cooperate with different partners in
order to establish mutually beneficial relations».
The Egyptian president believes that the RussiaAfrica Summit will serve to establish constructive strategic relations based on cooperation between the two sides in various fields, which will help realize the hopes and aspirations of the African people and the friendly Russian people.
The RussiaAfrica Summit and Economic Forum will take place on 2324 October in Sochi at the Sirius Park of Science and Art. The events are being organized by the Roscongress Foundation, and the co-organizers of the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum are Russian Export Center and Afreximbank.
For a more detailed version
of the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum programme, please visit: https://summitafrica.ru/en/programm/