Some African leaders arrived in Russia on Wednesday for a summit with President Vladimir Putin while the Kremlin, seeking allies amid the fighting in Ukraine, accused the United States and other Western powers of 'outrageous' efforts to pressure many...
It’s the second Russia-Africa summit since 2019. The number of heads of state attending shrank from 43 then to 17 now because of what the Kremlin described as a crude Western pressure to discourage African nations from taking part.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov deplored “unconcealed brazen interference by the U.S., France and other states through their diplomatic missions in African countries, and attempts to put pressure on the leadership of these countries in order to prevent their active participation in the forum.” “It’s absolutely outrageous, but it will in no way prevent the success of the summit,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.
‘s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said that while only 17 heads of state will attend the summit, 32 other African countries will be represented by senior government officials or ambassadors.
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