The Russia-Africa Summit has come to a close with African nations signing several agreements on cooperation with Russia.
At the Summit, African leaders sounded the calls for independence from Western influence in the wake of their potentially beneficial engagements with Russia, which has been criticised for its war with Ukraine.Africa needs to be independent – that was South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s message on the final day of the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg.
Ramaphosa says, “African countries as sovereign states are able to also pursue their own independent foreign policy approaches that are not beholden to any other major global power or blocks.” The Kremlin has also promised to supply its grain and other food to six African countries free of charge.
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