Lack of colonial baggage & funding in peace put Russia forward of different gamers on African continent, SA minister tells RT

The time is correct for Russia to take a seat with African leaders and firms with a purpose to forge financial relationships and partnerships, South Africa’s Minister of State and Safety Ayanda Dlodlo instructed RT.

“What turns into necessary for us is to acknowledge the truth that Russia has by no means colonized any nation. Russia has by no means pushed any nation to a relationship that may search to use the mineral wealth, the pure sources,” Dlodlo stated in an interview on the sidelines of the primary ever Russia-Africa summit in Sochi.

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Russia, and the Soviet Union earlier than it, has historically invested in peace in Africa as a substitute of pursuing financial targets, in line with Dlodlo.

“In actual fact, because of this Russia could also be sluggish in coming to the occasion to begin conversing with the continent, to use in a optimistic means the financial alternatives that exist within the African continent,” Dlodlo stated.

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Speaking in regards to the relations between Russia and South Africa, she stated the summit opens up new alternatives which might be outdoors the BRICS commerce bloc, “country-to-country from financial perspective.”

The economies of each international locations will solely develop from the experience that Russia has and what South Africa can supply, she stated. The minister added that Russian corporations similar to Renova, Gazprom, Rosatom, and others have already begun investing in South Africa.

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