The first Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum is taking place from November 9-10 in Russia’s Sirius Federal Territory.
Russia has supported Uganda as a BRICS partner nation emphasizing its “well-balanced and constructive” approach to international affairs, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday.
“We note and respect Uganda’s well-balanced and constructive approach to international affairs, as well as your country’s role in the peacekeeping efforts of the African Union, including in Somalia, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Great African Lakes region. We have supported Uganda’s candidacy during the BRICS Summit in October when the issue of extending invitations to our friends was discussed,” Lavrov said at a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart Jeje Odongo on the margins of the first Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.
Following the BRICS summit in Kazan, 13 countries received the status of partner countries of the association. The following countries became BRICS partners: Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Vietnam.
BRICS is an international group of five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the Republic of South Africa (RSA). Egypt, Iran, the UAE, and Ethiopia joined BRICS in 2024.
