🎙Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the 46th meeting of the Council of Heads of Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation under the Russian Foreign Ministry on interregional cooperation with African countries(April 8, 2026, Moscow)
💬 Russia and Africa are bound by long-standing and close ties.
Today, the countries of the continent are striving to finally overcome the remnants of colonial dependence and to strengthen their national sovereignty, above all in the economic and financial spheres.
Those who describe the current period as Africa’s “second awakening” after the decolonisation of the 1960s are right. It was then that political independence was proclaimed, above all thanks to the decisive role of the Soviet Union, which promoted the relevant declarations at the UN.
☝️Recent years have shown that neo-colonial dependence has by no means disappeared. Economically and financially, in terms of control over trade routes and financial flows, Africa still does not enjoy full independence and continues, in economic terms, to serve as a source of raw materials.
👉The lion’s share of added value is still generated elsewhere – to a large extent, and decisively so, in the former metropolitan powers.
African partners spoke about this more than once at the two Russia-African Union summits held in Sochi in 2019 and in St Petersburg in 2023. The decisions adopted at those summits should serve as guidelines in preparing for the next summit, which we plan to hold later this year.
All this will contribute to Africa’s economic emancipation, ensure that it reaps the proper returns and benefits from its natural resources, and support the emergence of the African continent as one of the centres of the rising #MultipolarWorld.
🤝 I would like to stress in particular that we are restoring our presence on the African continent fairly rapidly, after it declined sharply during the breakup of the Soviet Union. At present, Russia has 45 embassies operating across the continent, with four more set to open in the near future.
The key upcoming event on the foreign policy calendar is the third Russia-Africa Summit. It is due to be held in Moscow – this has been agreed – in late October this year. Preparations are currently underway. We count on the active participation of Russian regions in the relevant thematic sessions of this summit.
I would once again like to underscore the special importance we attach to the interregional dimension of Russia-Africa relations. It is a solid foundation which, as it grows stronger, helps ensure the steady development of relations with our partners at the national level.
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Мои братья и сестры-мусульмане;
Диктатор @RTErdogan только лает, но никогда не кусает.
Азербайджан поставляет около 40% нефти Израиля.
Нефть идет из Азербайджана к побережью Турции, а затем в Израиль. Если бы Эрдоган действительно хотел поддержать Палестину, этот трубопровод был бы закрыт!
Диктатор #Erdogan — лицемер, с одной стороны, он делает громкие заявления против Израиля, с другой стороны, у него есть дипломатические связи и бизнес с Израилем
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🇮🇹🇹🇷 Giorgia #Meloni incontra a Istanbul il presidente turco #Erdogan: è la prima missione internazionale della presidente del Consiglio da quando l'Italia ha assunto la presidenza del G7. Tra i temi del colloquio, migranti, Ucraina e Medio Oriente
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News: #Turkish President #Erdogan arrives in Addis Abeba for first visit in decade
Addis Abeba – Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Addis Abeba on Tuesday for an official visit and talks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, marking his first trip to Ethiopia since January 2015.
The president was received at Bole International Airport ahead of planned bilateral discussions that were expected to include one-on-one talks between the two leaders.
PM Abiy described the visit as reflecting “the strong partnership between our two nations,” adding he anticipated discussions to deepen cooperation.
Relations between Turkey and Ethiopia date back centuries, with formal diplomatic ties established over a century ago. The Ottoman Empire opened a consulate in Harar in 1912, while Turkey established its embassy in Addis Abeba in 1926. Ethiopia opened its embassy in Turkey in 1933, later reopening it in 2006 after closure during the Derg period.
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Salta la visita di #Erdogan in #Italia, i rapporti economici e militari restano.
Ho scritto per Il Manifesto:
https://ilmanifesto.it/salta-la-visita-di-erdogan-in-italia-i-rapporti-economici-e-militari-restano
The Islam Crescent (or islamic Crescent) is the notionally crescent-shaped region of the Middle East where the majority population is muslim or where there is a strong Shia minority in the population.
Areas in the islamic Crescent include Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan, Yemen, and western Afghanistan. includes Ismaili, Zaydi, Syrian Alawite, and Alevi groups in Turkey.
Israel, US, England, Saudi Arabia (ISIS), Egypt, Wahhabis and #Aliyev and #Erdogan are facing this crescent. By attacking Syria, they wanted to cut off the Islamic crescent so that Hamas and Hezbollah would be destroyed.
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A hypocrite named "Rajab Tayyeb Erdogan"
Erbakan, former Prime Minister of Türkiye:
When did Israel change its plan? When he said that I have Recep Erdogan in Türkiye.
Erdoğan is fighting with Hizbullah and I will take Lebanon and build a great Israel.
🇹🇷"Receb Tayyeb Erdoğan" adında bir münafık
Türkiye'nin eski Başbakanı Erbakan:
İsrail planını ne zaman değiştirdi? Türkiye'de Recep Erdoğan var deyince.
Erdoğan Hizbullah'la savaşıyor ve ben Lübnan'ı alıp büyük bir İsrail kuracağım.
🇲🇾Seorang munafik bernama "Rajab Tayyeb #Erdogan"
#Erbakan, bekas Perdana Menteri Türkiye:
Bilakah Israel mengubah rancangannya? Apabila dia berkata bahawa saya mempunyai Recep Erdogan di Türkiye.
Erdoğan berperang dengan Hizbullah dan saya akan mengambil Lebanon dan membina Israel yang hebat.
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#Trump incontra #Erdogan negli #USA: "Dobbiamo annunciarlo qui oggi, Erdogan è il responsabile della vittoria ottenuta in #Siria contro l'ex regime. E' un risultato vittorioso per la #Turchia".
Nel corso del vertice NATO all’Aia, la premier Giorgia #Meloni ha avuto un lungo colloquio con Donald #Trump, incentrato principalmente sulla situazione in Medio Oriente. Il confronto si è svolto durante il ricevimento al palazzo reale di Huis ten Bosch, dove #Meloni era seduta al tavolo con #Trump, il re dei Paesi Bassi Willem-Alexander, il segretario generale della #NATO Mark #Rutte e il presidente turco Recep Tayyip #Erdogan
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🇹🇷 Erdogan’s War Talk, Same Old Game
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is at it again. This time he is threatening possible military action against Israel while accusing it of atrocities in Palestine and Lebanon. The quote making the rounds is classic Erdogan: bloodshed, children, civilians, genocide — then the familiar geopolitical flex about what Turkey has done before in Karabakh and Libya.
That is the point of the speech. Erdogan is not just condemning Israel. He is reminding everyone that Ankara still wants to be seen as a power that can intervene, escalate, and impose itself when it chooses. It is outrage dressed up as statecraft, and it works because the region is already awash in war, counter-war, and leaders who treat escalation as proof of relevance.
Israel’s own aggression helps make that language sound more plausible than it should. Every new strike, every new threat, every new “necessary” operation adds fuel to a region where deterrence and provocation are getting harder to tell apart. Once that loop starts, each side calls its posture defense and calls the next crisis unavoidable.
What it produces is collective insecurity. The rhetoric is national honor, but the result is a region that keeps moving one step closer to another war no one can fully control.
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3 giorni prima dell'incontro tra #Erdogan e #Trump, la Gazzetta Ufficiale in #Turchia annuncia la rimozione delle tasse aggiuntive su alcune merci statunitensi (auto, plastica, tabacco, carta, cosmetici). Negli #USA i due leader parleranno molto probabilmente dell'acquisto di aerei militari statunitensi da parte di #Ankara.