Moscow aims to help the continent become an \u201cinfluential center of global development,\u201d Tatyana Dovgalenko has said<\/p>\n
Russia is ready to help Africa achieve energy and economic sovereignty, without laying claim to the continent\u2019s resources, Tatyana Dovgalenko, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry\u2019s Africa Partnership Department, has said.
\nSpeaking at the Russia-Africa session of the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow on Wednesday, Dovgalenko emphasized that Moscow\u2019s approach to cooperation is based on mutual benefit, not resource extraction.
\n\u201cWe are ready to lend a helping hand in the spirit of continuity, and we are not laying claim to Africa\u2019s resources. Our country is rich in its own resources \u2013 we have no such goal,\u201d Dovgalenko stated. \u201cWe are focused on building potential on the continent.\u201d
\nMoscow aims to support Africa\u2019s transformation into \u201ca distinctive and influential center of global development,\u201d Dovgalenko said, noting that this \u201cis impossible without energy sovereignty, because energy is the lifeblood of any economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dovgalenko added that Russia intends to train engineering and technical specialists for Africa\u2019s oil and gas industry. The diplomat stressed that \u201cpersonnel are everything\u201d and that \u201cRussia is ready, in the spirit of continuity, to train professionals in the oil and gas sector, as well as nuclear physicists, engineers, and other related fields.\u201d
\nRussian Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin highlighted Africa\u2019s vast potential for joint energy initiatives with Russia. Citing UN forecasts that by 2050 every second child will be born in Africa, he said rapid population growth will drive GDP and energy demand, creating long-term opportunities for cooperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Marshavin stressed that expanding electricity access through \u201cAfrican GOELRO\u201d \u2013 referring to the Soviet Union\u2019s national electrification program of the 1920s \u2013 is a key priority. \u201cRussia, with the necessary experience and expertise, is ready to participate in electrification projects and help our partners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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