African Union Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Africa–Russia relations === [[File:President Assoumali and Putin, 28 July 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Azali Assoumani]], Chair of the African Union, with Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] at the [[2023 Russia–Africa Summit]] in St. Petersburg]] Russia hosted the first [[2019 Russia–Africa Summit|Africa-Russia heads-of-state summit]] on October 23–24, 2019, Representatives from all 54 African states, including 43 heads-of-state or government, attended the summit. The second summit is expected to be held this year, though the date and venue of the summit are not yet determined.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Date and venue of Russia-Africa summit not yet determined—Russian senior diplomat|url=https://tass.com/politics/1395855|access-date=2022-02-05|website=TASS|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205120805/https://tass.com/politics/1395855|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2023 Russia-Africa Summit|second Russia-Africa Summit]] was scheduled for October 2022 in [[Addis Ababa]], but was then rescheduled to 26–29 July 2023 in [[Saint Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Most African nations will attend Russia's second Africa-Russia summit in St Petersburg |url=https://www.intellinews.com/most-african-nations-will-attend-russia-s-second-africa-russia-summit-in-st-petersburg-272876/ |work=[[bne IntelliNews]] |date=14 March 2023 |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523080625/http://www.intellinews.com/most-african-nations-will-attend-russia-s-second-africa-russia-summit-in-st-petersburg-272876/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=African Union chair: Putin's grain offer not enough, Ukraine ceasefire needed |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-union-chair-putins-grain-offer-not-enough-ukraine-ceasefire-needed-2023-07-28/ |work=Reuters |date=28 July 2023 |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=3 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903111238/https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/african-union-chair-putins-grain-offer-not-enough-ukraine-ceasefire-needed-2023-07-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page