watso started this thread by mentioning that putin had visited saudi arabia - then UAE... it seems that since then he hosted erdogan (the guy from turkey) to sort out the syrian problem - he immediately hosted a conference/summit (or whatever) with african leaders at Sochi .
TRADE was mentioned in relation to visits to saudi arabia and uae.. even the visit by erdogan to sochi resulted in some trade talk ..
TheRussia-AfricaSummit and Economic Forum will be held October 23-24, 2019 at theSochiOlympic Park Main Media Centre and will be co-chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President and African Union Chairman Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
it seems that for the first time russian nuclear bombers have visited south africa
Russiawill on Wednesday land the world's biggest military aircraft inSouthAfrica, the Tupolev Tu-160 "Blackjack"bomber, in a rare display of cooperation between the defense forces of the ...
for what it is worth - but AFRICOM (some american thing in relation to africa) is based in germany - a long way from africa..
Through multinational exercises and military-to-military engagements, U.S. Africa Command strengthens relationships with African partner nations to help build the defense capability and capacity of their security forces.
