The Russia-Africa Summit takes place July 27-28 in St. Petersburg, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday that Russia will be conferring with different nations on providing free grain to those most in need. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was agreed upon a year ago, to permit grain and food shipments for humanitarian reasons, but the goal was not honored, and “the poorest countries in Africa have benefited the least.”
There will be delegations from 49 African nations participating in the Russia-Africa summit, according to Alexander Polyakov, the Deputy Director of the Africa Department of the Foreign Ministry of Russia, reported yesterday by Telesur. Peskov is quoted, “We are in contact with our African partners; these contacts will continue at the St. Petersburg summit; we are preparing and waiting for them.”
