Obiang rejects Africa’s role as raw material supplier at Russia-Africa summit
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ahora EG
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo called on Africa to move beyond exporting raw materials at the Russia-Africa summit. He presented Russia as a strategic alternative to support the continent’s development, according to Equatorial Guinean media outlet Ahora EG.
Equatorial Guinea’s president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has urged Africa not to limit itself to being a supplier of raw materials for foreign economies. “We cannot be content with being suppliers of raw materials to feed the economies of other continents,” he said at the third Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, according to Ahora EG.
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo presented Russia as a strategic alternative and a partner capable of supporting the African continent in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The summit resumed on Thursday 29 October at the Grand Kremlin Palace.
