The Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, at a meeting in Ethiopia with Chairman of the African Union (AU) Commission Musa Faki Mahamat, discussed the plan of interaction between Russia and the AU for 2023-2026, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"[The two sides] confirmed the focus on the effective implementation of the Russian Federation-African Union Action Plan for 2023-2026 adopted at the end of the Second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg in July 2023 and the effective holding of the First Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum to be held in Sochi in November," the ministry said after the meeting on Monday.
The ministry noted that during the exchange of views on the international and regional agenda of mutual interest, "the main attention was paid to the problems of maintaining peace and security on the African continent, including the tasks of resolving the situation in the Sahara-Sahel zone, the Great Lakes region, and Sudan."