Last week’s occasion attracted 1000’s of visitors and produced dozens of sensible choices, Roscongress has mentioned
Last week, Russia hosted a high-profile worldwide occasion, which was attended by dozens of delegations from African nations. The gathering in St. Petersburg was the second of its sort and was targeted on creating Moscow’s diplomatic, business, and humanitarian relations with the visitor nations.
Roscongress, the federal government company that organized the Russia-Africa discussion board, deemed it a convincing success, because it summed up its final result on Monday.
Unprecedented strain
The occasion in Russia went as deliberate “despite unprecedented pressure from the West,” the assertion mentioned.
Washington and its allies are searching for to isolate Moscow internationally, claiming that it must be punished for the battle in Ukraine. Although supported by members of NATO and international locations equivalent to Japan and South Korea, which host US troops, many different nations have maintained a impartial stance.
Guests and hosts
The two-day discussion board was attended by official delegations from 48 international locations, most of them led by heads of states or second-ranking nationwide officers. The 5 largest integration associations on the continent have been additionally represented, Roscongress identified.
It estimated complete participation at 9,000, with nationals from 104 overseas states and territories attending numerous occasions of the discussion board. The determine included roughly 1,000 overseas enterprise individuals and 1,100 overseas officers, in addition to 2,000 entrepreneurs and 750 public servants from the host nation. More than 2,000 individuals got here from numerous media organizations.
Agenda
Senior officers attending the discussion board signed 4 key declarations, a four-year motion plan and two memoranda of understanding between Russia and African regional blocs.
Also, 161 non-secret agreements on numerous packages got here out of the summit. Most of them have been on intergovernmental cooperation, training, tech sharing, and worldwide commerce, the assertion reported.
“This year, the discussions of the Economic and Humanitarian Forum were full of practical proposals, particularly in the humanitarian and technological fields, and generated significant interest from representatives of business and the scientific community,” mentioned Anton Kobyakov, the manager secretary of the organizing committee.
A complete of 59 panel classes have been held on the discussion board with 457 audio system taking part.
Sports
The gathering included an intensive sports activities and cultural program. One of the important thing moments for Russia was the formal announcement of the Friendship Games, which might be held subsequent September in Moscow and Yekaterinburg.
Some commentators have in contrast the present standoff in sports activities to the Cold War period boycotts of Olympic Games by each the Western and Soviet blocs. Moscow is touting its upcoming worldwide Friendship Games as highlighting the unifying beliefs of sports activities and taking political agendas out of it.
Russian athletes have been penalized by worldwide athletic organizations as a part of the Western sanctions marketing campaign. The preliminary full ban was principally changed this 12 months with a requirement for Russians to compete beneath a impartial flag. Russian residents should additionally move strict screening for doping and their place on the Ukraine battle. Moscow considers the restrictions discriminatory and politically motivated.
Sporting occasions on the sidelines of the discussion board included a five-kilometer run, a multi-day 1,000-km biking race round Lake Ladoga, a soccer pageant that includes a gala match between groups of Russian and African stars, and a stage of the Russian seashore volleyball championship.
African festivals
On the cultural aspect, there was a pageant of African modern artwork and delicacies in St. Petersburg, a movie pageant showcasing works by African filmmakers, and a road live performance referred to as Rhythms of Africa, the place individuals might watch performances by African bands and Russian musicians taking part in African music.
The discussion board additionally hosted over 50 exhibitions devoted to numerous facets of Russian cooperation with African nations. One collective exhibition was ready by African international locations to current their nationwide achievements.
(RT.com)