A Russian parliament delegation is on a visit to China at the invitation of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zhao Leji.
"I am absolutely confident, [China is] not a competitor, on the contrary, Russia and China add to each other's actions on the African continent in those countries where there is a request for our participation," Matvienko said, answering a relevant question.
The African continent today is one of the powerful developing regions with a very large untapped potential, and it is impossible to build a multipolar world without taking into account the interests of Africa, without the participation of Africa, the official added.