{"id":48129,"date":"2024-11-11T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-hosts-african-ministers-to-expand-ties"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:31:29","slug":"russia-hosts-african-ministers-to-expand-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/russia-hosts-african-ministers-to-expand-ties","title":{"rendered":"Russia hosts African ministers to expand ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Russia on Saturday opened the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the city of Sochi, seeking to deepen ties with African nations and dispel a notion that it\u2019s isolated by Western sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is billed as building on last summer\u2019s Russia-Africa summit, where Russian President Vladimir Putin courted leaders from Africa and offered to expand political and business ties.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day ministerial conference, which is attended by government and business leaders from Russia and Africa, will continue in the same format regularly, said Anton Kobyakov, an adviser to Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted as saying by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti that the conference \u201cdashed dirty hopes\u201d for Russia\u2019s isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova said that dozens of bilateral meetings were taking place between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and African representatives, hailing the \u201cmultipolarity\u201d demonstrated by the event.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov was due to speak at the plenary session on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Lesotho Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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