For the first time, a Russian-African conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club will take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania today. This is the second Valdai conference on Africa, and it will take place on the theme of “Russia-Africa: A Strategy for Cooperation in a Multipolar World.” The event will bring together around 40 experts from Russia and East Africa. Last year, its first conference was held in St. Petersburg..
“Building a fair, equal, multipolar world and unobstructed, unrestricted trade relations is equally important for both Russia and its African partners, as is taking into account the values of developing countries and their interests. The purpose of the conference is to compare positions on the entire cycle of these problems, and bring them to a point where Russia and African countries can apply similar approaches and implement similar paths of development in real politics,” said the event’s organizers in a press release.
The conference will have four panel discussions, on political dialogue between Russia and African countries at the present stage; prospects for economic cooperation; climate change; and shared values and cultural cooperation.
The conference will be opened with remarks by Tanzanian Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice Pindi Chana, Russian Ambassador Andrey Avetisyan and Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club, Andrey Bystritskiy.
Participants include Ambassador-at-Large and Head of the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum Oleg Ozerov; Director of the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Abramova; Professor of Political Science at Cairo University Nourhan ElSheikh; leading researcher at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia Dareskedar Taye; and Chairman of the Tanzania Investment Centre Binilit Mahenge.
