Moscow has provided financial support to many countries on the African continent, the chairman of the African Union has said
Russian investment has ensured an economic recovery in a number of African countries, Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who currently leads the 55-nation African Union, said on Thursday.
Moscow is an important and reliable partner which has helped Africa “in solving all the problems the continent faced,” he said during the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.
The leaders of 17 African countries are participating in the summit, seeking to bolster ties with Russia and promote development goals on their continent. Assoumani highlighted the importance of the event “not only for Russia-Africa relations but for the whole world as Russia is a global power.”
Addressing a plenary session of the summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to ship free grain to some of Africa’s poorest nations within…
