The overseas minister’s journey to Eritrea comes as a part of his Africa tour, which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eswatini.Russia’s Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov has met Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara throughout the Russian diplomat’s second tour of Africa to spice up worldwide assist for Moscow’s struggle effort in Ukraine.
The go to comes after Lavrov visited officers in South Africa, one among his nation’s most essential allies on the continent, the place on Monday he pushed again at criticisms over joint naval drills between Russia, China and South Africa scheduled for subsequent month.
The dialogue centred on the dynamics of the struggle in Ukraine and the enhancement of bilateral ties in vitality, mining, info expertise, training and well being sectors, mentioned Eritrea’s Info Minister Yemane Meskel late on Thursday.
President Isaias Afwerki obtained at State Home immediately Russian delegation led by Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov. The discussions centered on the dynamics of the struggle in Ukraine & enhancement of bilateral ties on sectors of vitality, mining, info expertise. training & well being pic.twitter.com/Ax5Shac3JC
— Yemane G. Meskel (@hawelti) January 26, 2023
Russia has discovered allies in a number of African nations which have taken a extra impartial stance on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
On the United Nations Basic Meeting’s first decision in March final yr condemning Russian actions, African nations fashioned a big proportion of these abstaining from voting. Eritrea was one of many solely 5 nations to vote in opposition to it together with Syria, North Korea, China and Belarus.
Earlier than visiting Eritrea and South Africa, Lavrov was in Angola and Eswatini.