By RFIPalled on 23-05-2019Modified 23-05-2019 at 23:34
Visit to the highest level of the state in Russia, since Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, after having addressed the Duma, the Russian Parliament, had an interview with the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin.
With our correspondent in Moscow, Daniel Vallot
This is the main announcement at the end of this trip to Moscow Denis Sassou-Nguesso: Russia and Congo-Brazzaville will strengthen their military cooperation. Military advisers will be sent by Moscow to Brazzaville to provide training and maintenance missions. And new arms sales have been mentioned by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In Moscow, Denis Sassou-Nguesso will have the honors of the Duma and the Kremlin a passage in front of the Russian parliamentarians, then a face-to-face interview with Vladimir Putin. " Our two countries have always had friendly relations ," said the Russian president who welcomed the growth of economic relations between Moscow and Brazzaville. " There is a lot of potential in the fields of energy and agriculture, " Vladimir Putin added.
Denis Sassou-Nguesso for his part did not fail to welcome the return of Russia on the African continent. " Russia participated in the fight for the liberation of Africa, " he said in an interview with Tass news agency. " It is now time for her to participate in the fight for its construction. The two men will meet again this autumn, not in Moscow, but in Sochi on the Black Sea at the Russia-Africa summit.
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