“President Newsy’s visit to Russia is planned for August 21-23,” TASS quoted the representative of the Mozambique embassy as saying.

It is noted that the main purpose of the visit is to meet with President Putin, and Newsi will also take part in the Russian-Mozambique business forum.

Earlier, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the Russia-Africa Conference an important preparatory stage for the bilateral summit to be held in October in Sochi.