Plenary session of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum

The meeting was also attended by Chairman of the African Union, President of the Union of the Comoros Azali Assoumani, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia , President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank Benedict Orama and President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff . The meeting was moderated by Irina Abramova, Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The main topic of the forum is technology and security for the sake of sovereign development for the benefit of people.