CAIRO, December 19. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, to be held in Cairo on December 19-20.
It will be the first event of the format held on the African soil, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Invitations have been sent to African foreign ministers and the heads of executive bodies of African integration associations, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, has told reporters. In her words, the meeting is expected to additionally boost Russian-African partnership and strengthen its truly strategic nature.
The participants will exchange views on the most important issues on the international and Russian-African agenda, with a focus on implementing the action plan of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum for 2023-2026 adopted at the second Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg in 2023.
"We will discuss the interim results of implementing the joint action plan. We will pay particular attention to preparations for the third Russia-Africa summit, which is planned for 2026," Lavrov said at a recent meeting of the council of heads of Russia’s constituent entities.
