The first Russia-Africa Summit was held on 23–24 October 2019 in Sochi, Russia, co-hosted by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. 43 heads of state or government were in attendance.
Putin emphasized "state sovereignty" and Russian willingness to offer aid or trade deals "without political or other conditions", said that "an array of Western countries are resorting to pressure, intimidation and blackmail of sovereign African governments," against which Russia was well suited to help African states push back.
The second Russia-Africa Summit was scheduled for October 2022 in Addis Ababa, but was then rescheduled to 26–29 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg.
Attendees
Hosts Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt
Other attendees
Abdelkader Bensaleh, Acting President of Algeria João Lourenço, President of Angola Patrice Talon, President of Benin Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic Idriss Déby, President of Chad Azali Assoumani, President of the Comoros Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea Mswati III, King of Eswatini Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Julien Nkoghe Bekale, Prime Minister of Gabon Adama Barrow, President of The Gambia Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea Alpha Conde, President of Guinea Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya Jewel Howard Taylor, Vice President of Liberia Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali Peter Mutharika, President of Malawi Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania Filipe Nyusi, President of Mozambique Hage Geingob, President of Namibia Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda Danny Faure, President of Seychelles Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaajo, President of Somalia Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, President of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister of Tanzania Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of Tunisia Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe
See also Speech by Nathalie Yamb in Sochi
References
External sources The Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum