{"id":28141,"date":"2026-10-29T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28141"},"modified":"2026-10-29T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T02:23:10","slug":"putin-to-attend-two-plenary-sessions-on-second-day-of-russia-africa-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28141","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Putin to Attend Two Plenary Sessions on Second Day of Russia\u2013Africa Summit<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend two plenary sessions on Thursday, the second day of the Russia\u2013Africa Summit. He will also make statements to the media, sign several documents and hold bilateral meetings with African leaders.<\/p>\n<p>At the first plenary session, Putin will discuss Africa\u2019s growing international role and outline priorities for Russia\u2013Africa cooperation at the United Nations and other major international and regional organisations. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Putin would also assess the current state of international relations and the emerging world order based on multipolarity and the equality of all independent countries.<\/p>\n<p>Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye, the current chairperson of the African Union, other African heads of state and government, and the chairperson of the African Union Commission are also scheduled to address the first session. The second plenary session will take place over a working lunch.<\/p>\n<p>After the summit, 33 intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents, memorandums and commercial agreements are planned for signing with various countries. The summit declaration, a separate declaration on cooperation in artificial intelligence and the Russia\u2013Africa Partnership Forum action plan for 2027\u20132029 are also expected to be adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Following the signing, Putin and the Burundian president will make statements to the media and brief them on the summit and its discussions.<\/p>\n<p>After the two plenary sessions, Putin is scheduled to meet Madagascar\u2019s President Michael Randrianirina, Zimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Namibia\u2019s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. He will also meet Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairperson of Sudan\u2019s Sovereignty Council.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule also includes a bilateral meeting with the Burundian leader and talks with Kenyan President William Ruto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28141\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend two plenary sessions on Thursday, the second day of the Russia\u2013Africa Summit. He will also make statements to the media, sign several documents and hold bilateral meetings with African leaders. At the first plenary session, Putin will discuss Africa\u2019s growing international role and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Putin to Attend Two Plenary Sessions on Second Day of Russia\u2013Africa Summit - Dragon Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend two plenary sessions on Thursday, the second day of the Russia\u2013Africa Summit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28141\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Putin to Attend Two Plenary Sessions on Second Day of Russia\u2013Africa Summit - 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