Russia: Putin meets Ramaphosa and other African leaders at first Russia-Africa summit

W/S Russian President Vladimir Putin greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Russia-Africa summit in Sochi
W/S Putin and Ramaphosa arrive at bilateral meeting
M/S Ramaphosa
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): "We attach a huge importance to the development of our relations with your country in particular. With your country we are working on many avenues, mineral resources exploration, energy, industry, transportation, agriculture, the humanitarian sphere as well. With satisfaction I'd like to point out that last year our trade grew 28.5 percent reaching $1 billion, but of course that's not sufficient, that's not enough. At the plenary session of the economic forum with the people who work in the economy, I said that this is not sufficient for our relations with the whole of Africa nor is it sufficient for our bilateral relations, because the figure is too small, we can do a lot more. I am hopeful that our today's contacts are going to give a wonderful impluse to our development, to our growth." *MULTIPLE SHOTS AT SOURCE*
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SOT Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa: "Obviously today we appreciate your effort in bringing together all these African countries. Obviously the platform that we are utilising is economic development. We appreciate that. As Africa being part of this effort, the Africa free trade area presents an opportunity for African countries to participate with Russia in a meaningful way and this for us is very important." *MULTIPLE SHOTS AT SOURCE*
M/S President Vladimir Putin greets Namibian President Hage Geingob
W/S Putin and Geingob arrive at bilateral meeting
M/S Geingob
SOT, Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Russian): "We highly value the position of the leadership of Namibia has taken supporting our initiatives in the UN as well as supporting Russia's nominations to different international organisations." *MULTIPLE SHOTS AT SOURCE*
W/S Bilateral meeting
W/S Putin greets Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali
W/S Putin and Ahmed Ali arrive at bilateral meeting
W/S Bilateral meeting
M/S Ahmed Ali
W/S Bilateral meeting
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Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks with leaders of South Africa, Namibia and Ethiopia on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi on Wednesday.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Putin discussed economic cooperation and ways to strengthen trade and investment between the two countries.
Putin also touched upon expanding cooperation in the spheres of energy, transportation and agriculture among others.
Ramaphosa on his part expressed his appreciation for bringing together African countries and utilising the platform of the forum to further develop economic relations by creating investment opportunities for African nations.
President Putin also met with his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month.
The two-day Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum brings together over 3,000 guests, including 44 presidents and prime ministers of African nations.