Key points from Vladimir Putin's speech at the plenary session of the Russia-Africa Forum. The Russia-Africa Forum, its topics and the diversity of its participants, a free and open dialogue is organically integrated into global transformation processes, the scope and depth of which are so great that it is difficult to exaggerate them. On the situation in the world a truly multipolar world is becoming a reality. The era in which the fate of entire continents was determined by a narrow bloc of countries is irreversibly passing away. A fairer world is coming, where the voice of all countries must be heard. New centers of global governance, points of attraction and reassembly of the world order are taking shape. On the continent of Africa increasingly perceives itself as one of the poles of the global economy and politics. Active attempts by Western countries are recorded to return Africans to debt bondage, to impose on them necessary financial resources under extortionate conditions. And yet the situation is changing. The successful work of the Continental Free Trade Area of ​​Africa contributes to the deepening of industrial cooperation and the achievement of economic independence of the continent. Africa needs solutions that will allow it to manage resources at its discretion and direct them to urgent needs. According to UN forecasts, from 2030 the center of global demographic growth will move to Africa. The average economic growth rate of the countries of the continent is 4.2%, which is higher than the world average, and 12 of the 20 fastest growing economies on the planet are African. On relations with Russia actively participates in efforts to improve the financial health of African countries and ease the debt burden. We have joint plans with several African countries to use debt funds to finance national projects of economic growth.

Key points from Vladimir Putin's speech at the plenary session of the Russia-Africa Forum. The Russia-Africa Forum, its topics and the diversity of its participants, a free and open dialogue is organically integrated into global transformation processes, the scope and depth of which are so great that it is difficult to exaggerate them. On the situation in the world a truly multipolar world is becoming a reality. The era in which the fate of entire continents was determined by a narrow bloc of countries is irreversibly passing away. A fairer world is coming, where the voice of all countries must be heard. New centers of global governance, points of attraction and reassembly of the world order are taking shape. On the continent of Africa increasingly perceives itself as one of the poles of the global economy and politics. Active attempts by Western countries are recorded to return Africans to debt bondage, to impose on them necessary financial resources under extortionate conditions. And yet the situation is changing. The successful work of the Continental Free Trade Area of ​​Africa contributes to the deepening of industrial cooperation and the achievement of economic independence of the continent. Africa needs solutions that will allow it to manage resources at its discretion and direct them to urgent needs. According to UN forecasts, from 2030 the center of global demographic growth will move to Africa. The average economic growth rate of the countries of the continent is 4.2%, which is higher than the world average, and 12 of the 20 fastest growing economies on the planet are African. On relations with Russia actively participates in efforts to improve the financial health of African countries and ease the debt burden. We have joint plans with several African countries to use debt funds to finance national projects of economic growth.