The foreign minister’s journey to Eritrea comes as part of his Africa trip, which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eswatini.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has actually satisfied Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara throughout the Russian diplomat’s 2nd trip of Africa to improve global assistance for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine.
The go to follows Lavrov went to authorities in South Africa, among his nation’s crucial allies on the continent, where on Monday he pressed back at criticisms over joint marine drills in between Russia, China and South Africa arranged for next month.
The conversation centred on the characteristics of the war in Ukraine and the improvement of bilateral incorporate energy, mining, infotech, education and health sectors, stated Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane Meskel late on Thursday.
President Isaias Afwerki got at State House today Russian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The conversations fixated the characteristics of the war in Ukraine & & improvement of bilateral ties on sectors of energy, mining, infotech. education & & health pic.twitter.com/Ax5Shac3JC
— Yemane G. Meskel (@hawelti) January 26, 2023
Russia has actually discovered allies in a number of African nations which have actually taken a more neutral position on Moscow’s intrusion of Ukraine.
At the United Nations General Assembly’s very first resolution in March in 2015 condemning Russian actions, African nations formed a considerable percentage of those avoiding ballot. Eritrea was among the only 5 nations to vote versus it in addition to Syria, North Korea, China and Belarus.
Prior to going to Eritrea and South Africa, Lavrov remained in Angola and Eswatini.
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