The West continues to regard Africa as a source of its prosperity, Russia does not. This is what the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told the Izvestia reporter, Maxim Prihoda. Contrary to the historical experience of the West, which is based on colonialism, imperialism and the logic of separation, Russia promotes the ideology of mutual respect, benefits and rejection of any form of discrimination, Zakharova stressed, answering a question from Izvestia on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Forum in Moscow. "This is of course mutual respect, mutual benefit, by the way, there is nothing wrong with it and of course a complete rejection of the so-called historical, western experience of the slave trade, colonialism, imperialism presented by them, which manifests itself from time to time in the form of global disasters, world wars, etc., etc.," stressed Zakharova. Russia's cooperation with other countries, including African ones, is based on partnership, and not on manipulations and dictates, which is especially important for countries that want true sovereignty, Zakharova emphasized. More IZ RU news in max.

The West continues to regard Africa as a source of its prosperity, Russia does not. This is what the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told the Izvestia reporter, Maxim Prihoda. Contrary to the historical experience of the West, which is based on colonialism, imperialism and the logic of separation, Russia promotes the ideology of mutual respect, benefits and rejection of any form of discrimination, Zakharova stressed, answering a question from Izvestia on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Forum in Moscow. "This is of course mutual respect, mutual benefit, by the way, there is nothing wrong with it and of course a complete rejection of the so-called historical, western experience of the slave trade, colonialism, imperialism presented by them, which manifests itself from time to time in the form of global disasters, world wars, etc., etc.," stressed Zakharova. Russia's cooperation with other countries, including African ones, is based on partnership, and not on manipulations and dictates, which is especially important for countries that want true sovereignty, Zakharova emphasized. More IZ RU news in max.