Russian foreign minister starts Africa trip in Egypt a day after Russian strike on Odesa port
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the secretary-general of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, meet in Cairo, Egypt, July 24 2022. Picture: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY/REUTERS
In its response to the war, Egypt has been torn between long-standing ties to Russia and its close relationship to Western powers that have sanctioned and sought to isolate Moscow. He hailed what he called “an independent path” taken by African countries in refusing to join western sanctions against Russia.
Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN signed a deal on Friday to restart Ukrainian wheat exports by sea, but a Russian strike on Odesa on Saturday put implementation of the agreement in doubt.
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