MOSCOW, October 27. /TASS/. The third Russia-Africa summit will help strengthen Moscow’s strategic cooperation with African countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in his welcoming address to the organizers and participants of the "Spiritual Bridges: Russia and Africa. A Dialogue for Peace and Creation" international conference.
"Today, Russian-African cooperation is strategic in nature, covering a broad range of issues, from politics and the economy to education and culture. The third Russia-Africa summit, which begins tomorrow in Moscow, will undoubtedly contribute to its further strengthening," the top diplomat noted.
Lavrov emphasized that Russia is interested in seeing the African continent emerge as an influential center of a multipolar world and is also "firmly committed to the inalienable right of Africans to independently determine their own paths and models of development."
The third Russia-Africa summit will take place in Moscow on October 28-29.