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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Moscow calls ties \u2018constructive\u2019 in latest back-and-forth with Paris as former French colonies increasingly turn to Russian military contractors.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has rejected allegations by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia is a destabilising force in Africa as he cited Moscow\u2019s deployment of mercenary groups there.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia is developing friendly, constructive relations based on mutual respect and concern for each other\u2019s problems,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded on Friday.\u201cOur relations with all African countries are not directed \u2013 and cannot be directed \u2013 against third countries,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

Macron earlier on Friday criticised Russian deployments in Africa at the New Global Financing Pact summit in Paris. Many African leaders \u2013 including those from Chad, Gabon, Nigeria and South Africa \u2013 are attending the summit seeking to overhaul the international financial system.<\/p>\n

The French leader said Moscow\u2019s influence in the region is not beneficial for the international community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a destabilising force in Africa through private militias who come to prey on and commit abuses on civilian populations,\u201d Macron said in an interview with French media on the sidelines of the summit.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia on its own accord has put itself in a situation in which it no longer respects international law, becoming basically one of the only colonial powers of the 21st century by waging an empire war against its neighbour Ukraine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Wagner mercenary group and its businessman leader Yevgeny Prigozhin have been repeatedly sanctioned by the European Union, including for human rights abuses in Africa.<\/p>\n

Prigozhin had his assets in the European Union frozen in 2020 and was placed on a visa blacklist over the deployment of Wagner Group fighters to war-torn Libya, a decision he unsuccessfully appealed.<\/p>\n

A second Russia-Africa summit is to be held in St Petersburg at the end of July.<\/p>\n

African countries have been badly hit by the inflationary surge triggered by Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, especially in cereals. They are major importers of grain.<\/p>\n

Moscow has gained influence in recent years in areas where Paris had held sway for centuries, including Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic and Mali. France\u2019s clout has shrunk due to the perceived inability of French troops to halt violence by armed groups in those countries. It has also led to a rise in anti-French sentiment in the former French colonies.<\/p>\n

The situation has led to a war of words between Moscow and Paris in the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

In April 2022 as French troops exited northern Mali, the French military said it had video footage of Russian mercenaries burying bodies near an army base in the area.<\/p>\n

This May, the French Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the EU to formally label Wagner a \u201cterror group\u201d.<\/p>\n

source:aljazeera<\/b><\/p>\n

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