Putin meets with Ethiopian PM on sidelines of Russia-Africa summit

Tass ^ | 7/26/23 | Tass

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ST. PETERSBURG, July 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have begun talks in St. Petersburg. The meeting is being held at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna.

The meeting between Putin and Ahmed opens a series of contacts between the Russian leader and the heads of delegations coming to the forum and the Russia-Africa summit. Over the next few days, in addition to attending the summit and the forum itself, the Russian president is expected to hold separate meetings with each of the African leaders arriving in St. Petersburg. On Wednesday, in addition to the Ethiopian prime minister, Putin is scheduled to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as well as to meet with BRICS New Development Bank President Dilma Rousseff.

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I’ve seen many threads peddling the administration spin that Russia is purposefully starving Africa by subverting the grain deal. I said wait and let’s see what the Africans have to say. 49 of 54 countries represented. While the West has woke strings attached to any aid, the Russians offer the only future reliable source of cheap food and energy. The media ignores this conference but it is an example of how Russia is kicking the West’s diplomatic arse all over the world.

[dfwgator]

That’s Hailie Selassie of him.

[Sacajaweau]

https://www.state.gov/331-million-in-new-humanitarian-assistance-for-ethiopia/

[MarMema]

https://en.sputniknews.africa/

[MarMema]

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/19780?single

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“Washington imposed wide-ranging restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia and cut access to the African Growth and Opportunity Act, a duty-free trade programme that has been a boon for the US textile sector.

Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation and a traditional US ally in East Africa, accused Washington of meddling in its internal affairs and threatened to reassess the bilateral relationship.”

From Al Jazeera this spring

I’m not really interested in much Blinken or the globalists at state have to say. As I said, forget the spin and the lying press and see what the Ethiopian has to say NOW.

[EEGator]

I have a racist question. Why can’t Africans grow their own food?

[Socon-Econ]

Thankfully, the Africans won’t be getting American-style pressure to go soft on LGBT.

[Midwesterner53]

Maybe Putin will explain to them how they will get grain to make bread.

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That will most certainly be discussed.