The Russian president has described Brazzaville as a priority partner in Africa, while Sassou Nguesso welcomed the countries\u2019 growing ties<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the Republic of the Congo as a \u201creliable, time-tested partner\u201d during talks with President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Beijing. The meeting took place on the sidelines of events marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Imperial Japan and the end of World War II.
\nPutin said Russia is committed to strengthening cooperation in education, noting that hundreds of Congolese students study in Russia each year. Moscow is prepared to expand scholarship opportunities for Congolese nationals, he added.
\n\u201cWorking together with Congo is one of the priorities of our foreign policy efforts in Africa,\u201d Putin stated.
\nSassou Nguesso called relations between the two countries \u201cexcellent\u201d and noted that they are developing.
\nThe Beijing talks marked the fourth in-person meeting between the two presidents, following encounters in St. Petersburg in 2023, Moscow in 2024, and earlier this year on the sidelines of commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union\u2019s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.<\/p>\n
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During the previous meeting, Putin said trade with African partners remains \u201cstable but modest,\u201d adding that Moscow is working to expand results. According to Vsevolod Sviridov, an expert at the Center for African Studies at Moscow\u2019s Higher School of Economics, annual trade turnover with the African state has reached about $200 million.
\nIn June, Russian lawmakers ratified an agreement with Congo on building an oil pipeline from the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire to the country\u2019s interior. Sassou Nguesso has said Congo was deepening energy cooperation with Russia and confirmed the pipeline as \u201ca major project.\u201d\u00a0
\nAccording to the African Initiative outlet, about 750 Congolese students are currently enrolled at Russian universities, with 250 receiving scholarships from the Russian government each year.<\/p>\n
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Sassou Nguesso has been the leader of the Republic of the Congo since 1979, with only a short break from 1992-1997. In 1981, as president of the then socialist-oriented People\u2019s Republic of the Congo, he visited Moscow and met with Leonid Brezhnev. The friendship treaty which was then signed between the Congo and the USSR is valid to this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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