section_path: Politics/Foreign relations/Africa–Russia relations
section_name: Africa–Russia relations
paragraph_text: Africa–Russia relations
  
  Russia hosted the first Africa-Russia heads-of-state summit on October 23–24, 2019, Representatives from all 54 African states, including 43 heads-of-state or government, attended the summit.
  
  The second Russia-Africa Summit was scheduled for October 2022 in Addis Ababa, but was then rescheduled to 26–29 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg.