Touadéra backs local processing at Russia-Africa summit
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Radio Lengo Songo
At the third Russia-Africa Summit, Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra asked Moscow to support local resource processing and productive investment in the Central African Republic. He also cited technology transfer and market access as partnership priorities, according to Radio Lengo Songo.
Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra called on Thursday 29 October for stronger local processing of resources, technology transfer and productive investment in the partnership between Bangui and Moscow. He was speaking during the plenary session of the third Russia-Africa summit, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace, according to Radio Lengo Songo.
The Central African Republic also wants better access to markets for its processed agricultural products. Faustin-Archange Touadéra defended a “mutually beneficial partnership in which everyone emerges stronger”, aimed at increasing production capacity and wealth creation in the Central African Republic, Radio Lengo Songo reports.
The plenary session brought together delegations from 48 African countries, 22 of them led by their heads of state. According to the Kremlin, 33 documents are to be signed at the end of the summit, while the discussions are to set the direction of Russia-Africa cooperation for 2027-2029 through a final declaration and a new action plan.
Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s speech came after his visit to the Russian Museum before the Russia-Africa summit, announced on 26 October. The Central African president had made the stop in Moscow before taking part in the summit’s proceedings.
