“The role of Africa in the international arena is also growing, in general, in political terms.

We believe that Africa as a whole and its individual states, with which we have traditionally very good, without any exaggeration, friendly relations, all of Africa as a whole has great prospects, and, based on this, we intend to further develop our relations with Africa in in general, with its individual states, ”RIA Novosti quotes the Russian leader.

Earlier it was reported that Senegalese President Macky Sall flew to Sochi for a business meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

During the talks, it is planned to discuss political and economic cooperation between the two countries.