2023 Russia–Africa Summit
The second Russia–Africa Summit was held at the Expo Forum in St. Petersburg on 27 and 28 July 2023, following its postponement, having been originally scheduled for October 2022 at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| 2023 Russia–Africa Summit | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Russia |
| Date | 27–28 July 2023 |
| Motto | For peace, security and development |
| Venue(s) | Expoforum |
| Cities | Saint Petersburg |
| Participants | Vladimir Putin African leaders |
| Follows | Russia–Africa Summit 2019 |
| Website | Official website |
Attended by 49 delegations, only 17 heads of state participated in the summit, with 43 previously attending in the first summit in 2019.
The summit was attended by Yevgeny Prigozhin – leader of Wagner Group at the time – in one of his first, and final, public appearances in Russia since launching an unsuccessful rebellion. His Wagner mercenaries have supported the interests of the Russian government in several African countries.
Putin said that Russia has written off $23 billion of African debt.
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