01.04.2022, Moscow.
African countries will always support Russia because it brings good to the world, former Beninese ambassador to Moscow Anicet Gabriel Kochofa told the Valdai Club on March 31.
“African countries did not support a UN resolution condemning Russia. And they will never support any resolution against Russia. It’s embedded in the subcortex of every African: Russia does good, no matter what you think about it, it’s a constant,” he said.
Kochofa noted that the Soviet Union made a great contribution to the development of African countries by educating highly qualified specialists in its universities. According to him, citizens of African states in Soviet times actively studied agro-technology, food industry, water purification and other areas in the USSR.
Earlier, the head of the US Department of State Antony Blinken said that Africa was suffering allegedly because of the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. According to him, the rise in food and grain prices was due to the special operation, not the West’s anti-Russian sanctions.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
