Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to discuss cooperation between the two countries during his visit to Sudan

"Considerable attention is expected to be paid to the course of preparations for the second Russia-Africa summit, which will be held in St. Petersburg in July this year," the Russian Foreign Ministry said, the ministry quoted RIA Novosti as saying.

Earlier, after a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazwani, Lavrov said that the business structures of the two countries need to build up economic ties.