President Putin calling on African leaders to expand military cooperation October 24, 21:38
Russian President Vladimir Putin held the first summit meeting with delegates from all African countries, calling for greater military cooperation. It seems that we want to use it as a foothold to acquire economic interests in Africa.
On the 24th, the Russian government held its first summit meeting in Sochi, southern Russia, where representatives from all 54 countries in Africa gathered together.
In this, President Putin said, “Unfortunately, in many parts of Africa, conflicts between nations and ethnic groups have not been resolved, and serious crises continue.”
He said, “We have already signed military cooperation agreements with more than 30 African countries and supplied various weapons,” and called for expanding military cooperation with Russia to strengthen the military's combat capabilities. It was.
Russia, which lags behind China due to its economic power, gains economic interests by strengthening military ties such as training military soldiers in addition to supplying military weapons by signing military agreements with governments in Africa. It seems that you want to use it as a foothold.
Russian automatic rifles and shells were displayed at one corner of the meeting of the Russian and African economic conferences held in conjunction with this summit.
A participant from Zimbabwe in southern Africa said, “Russian weapons are very good, especially with the Kalashnikov gun. I think Russia can cooperate in various fields other than the military.”