The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the West, and in particular the United States, of trying to sabotage its showcase Russia-Africa summit later this week by pressuring African countries not to take part.
The event, which is expected to see various agreements signed, follows Moscow’s first Russia-Africa summit in 2019 and is part of a concerted push for influence and business on a continent where mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group remain active despite an abortive mutiny at home last month.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that the West was doing its best to wreck the Russian event. "In essence, they do not accept the sovereign right of African states to independently determine their partners for co-operation and mutual interaction in various fields." Speaking in April after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained the West was trying to wreck this week's Russia-Africa summit, the U.S. State Departmentthat Washington " want to limit African partnerships with other countries. We want to give African countries choices."
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