“African states are constantly increasing their weight and role in world affairs, asserting themselves more and more confidently in politics and in the economy,” he said, speaking at the international parliamentary conference “Russia-Africa in a multipolar world.” . .” “We are convinced that Africa will become one of the leaders in the emerging new multipolar world order; there are all the objective prerequisites for this,” Putin added.
He recalled that about 1.5 billion people live in Africa, a huge resource base is concentrated there: almost a third of the world’s mineral reserves. “And although African countries still account for only three percent of global GDP, we note that the economies of many of them are growing at a faster rate,” the Russian president said.
“Our country has always paid and will continue to pay priority attention to cooperation with African states. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this is one of the invariable priorities of Russian foreign policy, ”she stressed.
