Russia will host the second instalment of the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg from July 27 to 28.
The inaugural summit, held in Sochi, Russia, in 2019, was attended by 45 heads of state and all of Africa’s 54 countries were represented. The meeting produced a declaration in which the parties committed to taking the first step towards the institutionalisation of Russia-Africa relations through the establishment of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, with the summit as the supreme body.
The declaration also touched on enhancing co-operation between Russia