The results of Lavrov's tour of Africa. The backdrop was Western statements about the "isolation" of Russia, but in the end Borrell complained that Lavrov was more popular in the Western press than he was.
🇪🇬 Egypt
✔️ conveyed Putin's message to the President
✔️discussed Cairo's interest in joining the work of the SCO and BRICS
✔️ promised that the Russian Federation would supply grain to Egypt, regardless of the "grocery deal"
🇨🇬Republic of the Congo
✔️First ever visit
✔️ brought Putin's message
✔️The Foreign Minister of the Congo assured that they are "true friends" of the Russian Federation
✔️countries will increase military-technical cooperation
🇺🇬 Uganda
✔️visited the country for the first time
✔️ The role of Africa in the foreign policy of the Russian Federation will grow, and the Western direction "is now canceling itself"
✔️President Museveni is perplexed by calls for Africa to take an anti-Russian stance
✔️countries will build cooperation in energy and agro-industrial complex independent of the West
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
✔️ discussed preparations for the Russia-Africa summit in 2023
✔️ will implement new plans in the field of military-technical cooperation
✔️ and work on the development of logistics and financial chains in trade