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Plucked Peacocks in Françafrique..

Par : AHH — 28 mars 2024 à 18:14

Lost in the thunder of the two incendiary battlegrounds of the Ukraine and the Holy Land, the end of the western Age of Plunder is vividly demonstrated in the West African Sahel. Calm business arrangements are conducted with friendly states, even as the last US garrisons are dismantled, one by one.


💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇫🇷🇸🇳 SENEGAL: how Russia is destroying French neocolonialism

Historical events are brewing in another West African country, Senegal. Getting rid of the country’s neocolonial dependence on its former official metropolis – France.

Over the weekend, presidential elections took place here, in which the opposition candidate Bashiru Jumaye Faye is confidently leading (and may even win them in the first round, which will become known tomorrow), who, as part of his election promises, promised to review oil and gas deals with Western campaigns, including agreements with British Petroleum, Endeavor Mining and Kosmos Energy.

He also advocates a radical revision of relations between Senegal and France. And as part of this, Faye is going to follow neighboring Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to leave the French currency system (by abandoning the CFA franc). And the French military will have to leave the country. By the way, sensing something was wrong, Paris had already announced a little earlier that it was sharply reducing the military contingent in the country (probably so that it would not be so shameful later). In return, he promises to take a course towards rapprochement with Russia.

Thus, France’s next major foreign policy defeat on the African continent looms on the horizon. Moreover, Senegal was a key player in the issue of the blockade of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, which had previously freed themselves from the influence of Paris. And the departure of Senegal from the CFA franc zone puts a final and fat cross on this system (which brought huge profits to France) and on which the entire system of French neocolonialism was essentially built.

And hence all of Macron’s current anti-Russian hysteria. He, like a plucked rooster, understands that he is losing to Russia and therefore becomes hysterical. And Ukraine for him is the last chance to spoil Moscow. But I think he will be disappointed here too.


💠 @Russian MFA:
⭕ 🇷🇺🇳🇪📞 President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone with President of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland of the Republic of Niger Abdourahamane Tchiani, who expressed solidarity with the Russian people and heartfelt condolences over the numerous victims of the heinous terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.

In discussing the bilateral agenda, the Leaders expressed determination to step up political dialogue and develop mutually beneficial cooperation in various spheres.

They also exchanged views on the developments in the Sahel-Sahara region with an emphasis on coordination of security and counterterrorism efforts. 

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ 🇳🇪 US will plan for the “disengagement” of troops from Niger after its military pact with Washington ends, Niger’s interior minister says.

The statement was published on social media after Mohamed Toumba hosted US Ambassador Kathleen FitzGibbon for talks.

A spokesperson for the Nigerien military said in mid-March that the country’s transitional government, which took power in a coup last July, ended the agreement with immediate effect, citing the interests of the Nigerien people.

💠@Africa Intel:
⭕ 🇷🇺🌍 Putin discusses security cooperation with West and Central African leaders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali’s junta leader Assimi Goita by phone on Wednesday, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call with the junta leader in neighbouring Niger.

“We discussed bilateral issues, particularly the security and economic areas,” Goita said. “We agreed to cooperate further in the fight against terrorism.” The Kremlin confirmed.

The call appeared to be part of a round of diplomatic exchanges Putin has made with West and Central African leaders since his re-election earlier this month.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday Putin and the leader of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, had agreed in a phone call to deepen political, economic and humanitarian ties.

On Tuesday, Putin spoke by phone with Niger’s junta leader, Abdourahamane Tiani and discussed a need to reinforce their security cooperation, according to Nigerien state television.


💠 @Arab_Africa:
⭕ 🇺🇸 The US is worried that Niger will replace its military with Russian mercenaries

This was stated by the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers, at a hearing on the US military posture in the Middle East and Africa.

According to him, the recent expulsion of the US military from Niger may be linked to security talks with Iran and Russia that took place the day before.

“It looks like Niger will soon join Mali, Libya, Sudan, Mozambique and Burkina Faso in welcoming Russian troops and mercenaries into their country,” Rogers suggested. He also noted that China is at the same time seeking to expand its military presence beyond the PLA naval base in Djibouti.

“And they set up bases on the west coast to give the PLA strategic access to the Atlantic. China has already built and currently operates several major trading ports along the west coast of Africa,” the Republican reported.

Finally, Rogers warned that the US could lose the initiative due to inaction on the continent.

“Africa is of vital strategic importance to the United States. We cannot allow China or Russia to become their preferred security or business partner,” the American worries.
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💠@Sputnik Africa:
⭕ “Atomexpo-2024,” the largest international forum on nuclear energy, was held on March 25-26 in Russia. Here are our publications not to be missed
🔸 Atomexpo-2024 nuclear industry forum breaks attendance record;
🔸 Rosatom signs roadmaps for developing cooperation on nuclear energy with Mali, and Burkina Faso and AlgeriaNOTE: the first two are members of the Sahelian Junta Belt..
🔸 “Russia will be able to better support Burkina Faso towards its energy independence,” a Burkinabe minister reveals details of the roadmap with Rosatom;
🔸 “Gold mined in Mali should be processed in Mali,” Malian minister of mines comments on the gold processing plant project with Russia;
🔸 Cooperation with Russia can help eliminate power shortages in Africa and advance Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, says minister;
🔸 Russia attracted Africans’ interest in nuclear energy because it’s a reliable partner, says a Rosatom official;
🔸 With the help of the agreements with Rosatom, Burundi intends to have a nuclear power plant that will help launch the country into industrial production, says a minister from the African country.

☐ ☆ ✇ Global South

Clearing the Fog of Black-Palestinian Solidarity

Par : AHH — 27 février 2024 à 12:44

As oppressors worldwide are in solidarity, a Palestinian calls for solidarity among the oppressed.

By Ganna Eid of Al Mayadeen

In the past decade, whenever there is an uptick in Palestinian revolutionary activity or Zionist aggression, calls come from the USA, Canada, and Western Europe to activate or otherwise recognize historical Black-Palestinian solidarity.

While there are certainly bases for this solidarity, often they are defined in the negative. The argument follows that our common oppressors–the imperialist USA and the Zionist genocidaires–collaborate in repressing our movements through joint police training exercises, weapons trade, colonialism, and criminalization of revolutionaries. This negative solidarity is based on the fact that our oppressors are in solidarity with one another, therefore we must do the same. Undoubtedly true, this argument does not get to the root of the issue.

Which Black people and Black movements are in solidarity with which Palestinian people and movements historically and in the contemporary juncture? The question must be asked again in light of Kenyan President Ruto’s statement in support of “Israel”, other African states’ relations with the colony, and the existence of groups like IBSI, which promote “Black-Israeli” solidarity. The question must be asked again, also, in order to clear the air and answer the fundamental question of politics and war posed by Mao Zedong: “who are our enemies? Who are our friends?”

In this article, I hope to look at concrete examples of Black-Palestinian solidarity, with an eye toward class and nation, which are often erased in the general call for Black solidarity with Palestine. This is done in order to define exactly what Black-Palestinian solidarity has been, is, and what it can be.

In 1964, Malcolm X (Al Hajj Malek El Shabazz) wrote a piece in the Egyptian Gazette, where he detailed the relationship between Zionism and imperialism.

“The Israeli Zionists are convinced they have successfully camouflaged their new kind of colonialism. Their colonialism appears to be more “benevolent” more “philanthropic” a system with which they rule simply by getting their potential victims to accept their friendly offers of economic “aid,” and other tempting gifts, that they dangle in front of the newly independent African nations, whose economies are experiencing great difficulties.”

The Honorable Malcolm X understood the international element of imperialism and its counterpart in the internationalist movements of the day. This statement is particularly true today as the Zionist regime is trying to dangle economic aid in the face of the Malawian government in exchange for migrant farm labor.

Martyr Malcolm continues:

“The number one weapon of 20th-century imperialism is Zionist Dollarism, and one of the main bases for this weapon is Zionist Israel. The ever-scheming European imperialists wisely placed Israel where it could geographically divide the Arab world, infiltrate and sow the seed of dissension among African leaders and also divide the Africans against the Asians.”


The imperialist strategy of “divide and conquer” is present in much of the early Zionist writing, which saw Palestine as the “gate to Africa and bridge to Asia.” The division of Arabs and Africans along racial lines and the conflation of pre-modern slavery in the Islamic world with American chattel slavery is part and parcel of this imperialist strategy.

Although Malcolm X did not live to see the 1967 war and its aftermath, the Black Panther Party took up this mantle of Black anti-Zionism after his martyrdom.

After the 1967 war against the Zionists, the plight of the Palestinians was injected into the consciousness of many anti-colonial groups worldwide. The Black Panther Party (BPP) in the USA made its first statement in support of Palestine in 1970, according to Dr. Greg Thomas.

The statement reads:

“We support the Palestinian’s just struggle for liberation one hundred percent. We will go on doing this, and we would like for all of the progressive people of the world to join in our ranks in order to make a world in which all people can live.”

The BPP was a Marxist-Leninist formation, inspired by the ideas of Juche in the DPRK, as well as other Marxist tendencies of the day. Their ideas of inter-communalism came in part from this revolutionary Marxist understanding, paired with their own revolutionary understanding of being members of the Black nation in the USA. Thomas continues, showing that the BPP was in “daily communication” with the PLO through their office of international affairs in revolutionary Algiers.

The Panthers’ second statement in 1974 not only called for a Zionist retreat to pre-67 borders but also called for a form of revolutionary inter-communalism and a “people’s republic of the Middle East.” Indeed, many Palestinian and Arab revolutionaries share this vision of a region liberated from Zionism, colonialism, and imperialism.

While revolutionary Black organizations after the Panthers continued to support Palestine vocally, the realities of COINTELPRO and mass incarceration have had a profound impact on the organization and scale of Black resistance inside this country. From his cell in “Ramon” prison, PFLP Secretary-General Ahmad Sa’adat highlights the prison as a tool of the oppressors and a site of struggle for the oppressed:

“From Ansar to Attica to Lannemezan, the prison is not only a physical space of confinement but a site of struggle of the oppressed confronting the oppressor. Whether the name is Mumia Abu-Jamal, Walid Daqqa or Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, political prisoners behind bars can and must be a priority for our movements.”

This statement by Sa’adat is written as part of the introduction to a new printing of Huey Newton’s book Revolutionary Suicide. Sa’adat continues in his introduction, stating that the message and necessity of the Black Panthers is still alive today with mass incarceration and police violence coloring the relationship between the police and the Black masses in America. While movements such as Cooperation Jackson exist today – headed by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and some former leaders of the Black Liberation Army – we cannot help but call for a rejuvenation and reuniting of revolutionary Black forces in this country after years of repression.

We must renew the calls for a Republic of New Afrika in the Black Belt as one possible solution to the political necessities of ending the settler colonial entity of the United States. Max Ajl comments in his response to Patrick Wolfe’s work on settler colonialism that “Palestinians from Hamas to the PFLP to Islamic Jihad are using land from which they forced settlers, as the physical land-base for an armed nationalist struggle.”

So while we Palestinians can and must learn from and collaborate with revolutionary Black movements worldwide, we must also shine as a beacon of light on the other side of the revolutionary field of action. Our liberation is incomplete without the liberation of Africa and the Black masses of the Americas.

☐ ☆ ✇ Global South

For the Freedom of Nations!

Par : AHH — 18 février 2024 à 15:49

Lavrov and Putin at the Forum of Supporters of Combating Contemporary Practices of Neocolonialism

Thanks to Karl at karlof1’s Geopolitical Gymnasium

The forum “For the Freedom of Nations!” was held in the Russian capital, Moscow, from February 15 to 17, 2024. Representatives from 60 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe came to discuss the struggle against neocolonialism.

The United Russia political party held the initial session of what party chairman Dmitry Medvedev said would be an ongoing event happening every two years. Many readers are familiar with the works of Dr. Michael Hudson and numerous other investigators into the modern versions of Imperialism and Colonialism. What the forum is focusing on is the great acceleration in both that occurred upon the USSR’s demise that allowed for the unleashing of the “rules based order” on steroids we’ve all been direct witnesses of and in many cases fought against.

Humanity is arguably at the High Tide moment in history for the hegemonic practice known as Neocolonialism that’s associated with the “order” as the Global Majority has begun to fight back against the rising tide, forming organizations of solidarity to for it to recede, while the parasitical Neoliberal economic system within Neocolonialism has turned on its hosts and is beginning to devour them.

Today’s opening speech by Lavrov is short by his standards—under 14 minutes—but he’s not the only speaker at this event from the Russian government, with Russian media covering their utterances. Lavrov also participated in another event today, a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the coup d’état in Ukraine, to which a short media note is attached at the end of his speech. It’s a much longer discussion-beased event that will merit its own article. So, a short Lavrov speech:

Ladies and gentlemen,

Colleagues

Friends

I am glad to join the greetings that have been addressed to you. Our Forum greets you with a February frost, but I am convinced that traditional Russian hospitality and cordiality warm you up in these cold days. I am sure that this event will be useful.

For the past three decades, there has been a model of globalization “engineered” by the United States and its closest allies, which has proved untenable. The countries of the West have led humanity not to prosperity, but to one of the most acute international crises since World War II. There is an expansion of the conflict space in the world, and there is a deep split between the West and the countries of the world majority.

After the Soviet Union withdrew from the world stage, the West began to impose its “rules-based order,” in fact, its unchallenged dominance in the economy, finance, politics, and culture. The “golden billion” enthusiastically embarked on the neocolonial development of the post-Soviet space, along with the countries of the Global South and East.

Abusing the trust of the world majority, the aggressive minority, led by the United States, perfected colonial practices and did not disdain the use of force, as was the case in Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and other countries in Asia and Africa.

In the economic sphere, such tools as limiting opportunities for independent development, forcing the conclusion of unfair contracts, and pumping out resources at low prices formed on Western stock exchanges were used. Former metropolises often use illegal methods of sanctions pressure on countries that refuse to submit to dictates and give up their sovereignty and national identity.

The U.S. embargo against the heroic Cuban people, sanctions against Venezuela, Iran, Nicaragua and many other countries, including North Korea, have long been the main instrument of the foreign policy of the “collective West.” The current generation of politicians in North America and Europe has apparently lost diplomatic skills, such as the ability to negotiate.

I would like to cite a few examples of the West’s attitude towards the global majority. In 2010, $100 billion was pledged to developing countries annually for 10 years for “climate finance” purposes. The West was in no hurry to fulfill its obligations – crumbs were allocated from the announced funds. In 2015, in Paris, the formula “$100 billion” was once again solemnly reaffirmed. per year for 10 years.” But nothing has changed.

On the other hand, the climate agenda has been fully used to gain market advantages over weak countries. By locating “dirty” industries abroad, Western advocates of climate justice are forcing the countries of the South to bear additional costs and buy expensive “green” technologies from the West. The money that was promised for development is being spent on the supply of weapons to the Kiev regime and other military adventures before your eyes.

The example of the distribution of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic is no less illustrative. From the very beginning, the Westerners “chokhom” bought up scarce drugs, leaving the poor and needy alone with their problems. At the same time, international bodies controlled by the West artificially delayed the certification of the Russian Sputnik vaccine, which could have saved millions of lives in developing countries. Western vaccines were almost instantly certified in Europe in violation of all processes. No one has been held accountable for cases of severe side effects from the use of these vaccines.

Another area of neocolonialism is the imposition of neoliberal attitudes to the detriment of traditional spiritual and moral values. Concepts such as gender diversity, drug legalization, and transhumanism are part of this destructive policy.

We are outraged by the impunity with which Westerners conduct biological experiments on living people. According to new data from the Russian Ministry of Defense, confirmed by journalistic investigations, in the city of Mariupol, once controlled by the Kiev regime, large European and American companies conducted experiments on children and adults for pennies, using drugs that almost completely suppress the immune system and stimulate the growth of cancer cells. These trials were focused on the spread of diseases and epidemics among the Slavic race. The collected materials were sent to European laboratories, their further fate is unknown. The West will never present to the world community incriminating facts about criminal biological experiments. The evasion of responsibility by neo-colonizers violates numerous international documents, including the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Convention on Biological and Chemical SafetyThere is utter contempt for international law, not to mention human lives.

The current situation in Ukraine is a good example of how desperately the “world hegemon” is fighting to maintain its dominance. Ukraine is a tool in the hands of American puppeteers. Everyone is well aware that the future of the world order is at stake. In fact, the question is being decided in Ukraine and around it: will the world order become truly fair, democratic and polycentric? Or a narrow group of states will succeed in imposing a unipolar model on the international community, a neo-colonial division of the world into those who consider themselves “exceptional” and the rest who are assigned the role of carrying out the will of “God’s chosen.”

President of Russia Vladimir Putin presented a convincing analysis of what is happening in his numerous speeches and interviews. Our choice in all situations is to negotiate in order to find a balance between the legitimate interests of the parties. I would like to emphasise that they are legitimate. If the U.S. and its allies prefer to continue their hopeless attempts to impose their “ultimatums” in the illusory hope of holding on to the elusive instruments of neocolonial hegemony, that is their choice. Russia is ready for this as well.

Neocolonialism is a dead end. Whoever follows them is doomed to eternal conflict. Suffice it to look at the relations within the Western camp itself, where some neo-colonialists have already begun to “devour” others. Against the backdrop of economic problems, the Americans openly engaged in “sucking” resources from Europe. They are already cutting it off from promising markets for products and reliable energy supplies. For this purpose, the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were blown up without hesitation, and Germany and the whole of Europe were ordered to silently “swallow” this public humiliation. Europe obediently complied, forgetting about the old timid slogans about “strategic autonomy” and self-respect. Now European industry is forced to choose between moving business overseas and going bankrupt. However, Europeans are grown-up people, let them take care of their own fate.

The system of exploitation represented by neo-colonial practices could not be justified in any way. There is a constructive alternative – the formation of a more just and sustainable multipolar system of international relations based on the UN Charter, primarily on the principle of sovereign equality of states. It is extremely important to ensure the application of the principle of indivisibility of security at the regional and global levels, not only in the military-political dimensions, but also in the economic, social and other dimensions.

The formation of multipolarity – a world order that will reflect the cultural and civilizational diversity of the modern world and take into account the right of each nation to determine its own destiny – is a historically natural and irreversible process. A key role in it is played by new centers of power, including members of the SCOBRICS, leaders of the African Union, ASEAN, CELAC and other integration structures of the global majority. It is important to strengthen the positions of these countries in international institutions, primarily in the UN Security Council and the G20, especially after the African Union is admitted to the G20. It is necessary to develop horizontal ties between regional associations of different continents, building a network of constructive and mutually beneficial cooperation. BRICS could play a coordinating role at the global level.

At one time, our country was a leader in promoting decolonization processes. The victory in the Great Patriotic War, which came at a huge price, made it possible to suspend the global expansion of the West for several decades. In the difficult conditions of the Cold War, the Soviet Union laid the foundation for industry in the friendly countries of the Global South and East, helped them to ensure their security and exercise their rights to sovereign development. And this is not to mention the inspiring example of the USSR, which spurred people’s liberation movements around the world.

And today, despite pressure from the West, Russia is once again fighting not only for itself, but for the whole world (as President Vladimir Putin aptly put it). In our joint efforts, we propose, first of all, to develop common approaches of the world majority to the understanding of neocolonialism, as well as to complete the work on decolonization initiated by Soviet diplomacy at the UN. After all, 17 territories still remain in colonial dependence. The metropolises are not going to release them, despite the requirements of the relevant UN resolutions.

The time has come to unite the efforts of all those gathered here and other like-minded people to begin systematic work to eradicate neocolonial practices.

I am confident that the International Inter-Party Forum of Supporters of the Struggle against Modern Practices of Neocolonialism “For the Freedom of Nations!” will be an important stage on this path. Responsible members of the international community must be mobilized to uphold justice in world affairs. To this end, the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter was established. We call on the participants of the Forum to actively support its activities.

In conclusion, I would like to wish the participants in today’s discussion fruitful work, new successes for the benefit of their peoples, common prosperity and development on the basis of mutual respect, indivisibility of security and mutually beneficial cooperation.

At the forum marking the 10th anniversary of the Maidan events that led to the NATO-backed Coup in Ukraine, RT reported on the further message Lavrov had related to that issue, which will be provided in full later today:

Moscow is no longer willing to make any concessions in order to mend the rift with Western powers, leaving the ball in their court, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

The top diplomat reiterated a point made by President Vladimir Putin in his interview with Tucker Carlson, that multiple unilateral gestures by Moscow had not been reciprocated by the West.

Lavrov was answering a question on whether Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House next year could result in improved relations.

“That is their problem. We have made so many concessions, gestures of goodwill… that our reserves have been exhausted,” he said at a conference titled ‘Euromaidan: Ukraine’s Lost Decade’. “The only gesture we’ve seen from them in response to our good deeds was made with one hand.”…

Lavrov called the plan [Zelensky’s] a “baby pacifier,” the officials behind the scheme “swindlers” and “crooks,” and the entire situation a “disgrace” to Western diplomacy. He reiterated Putin’s call for the West to acknowledge that “it took a wrong, failed course” and find an off-ramp, which would allow it to save face.

Elsewhere, Nikolay Patrushev weighed-in on the illegality of the Outlaw US Empire and its UK henchman’s bombardment of Yemen in this report:

The US-led strikes against targets in Yemen are illegitimate and have no justification under the UN Charter, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said on Friday at a meeting of security officials from regional powers.

The US and UK, with support from allies, have launched dozens of attacks since January against the Houthis, a Yemeni armed militia movement supported by Iran. The stated intention was to protect maritime traffic from the militants, who have targeted trade vessels with raids and drone strikes in an attempt to put pressure on Israel.

”Washington and London have unleashed a war with Yemen under the pretext of securing freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. They are trying to drag other nations of the region into it,” Patrushev said. “However, their strikes on the positions of the Houthis are absolutely illegitimate and have nothing to do with the right of self-defense… contrary to what Washington claims.”…

Tensions are on the rise globally, Patrushev said, claiming that the core reason for the violence is “the Western intention to hold on to its dominance in world affairs at all cost.”

“People in Washington are convinced that doing so would be easiest amid a global chaos,” he added. [Emphasis original]

None of the above will be published by Western media. They will focus 100% on the death of the criminal Alexey Nalvalny, who BigLie Media propagandized as some important political figure who in reality was just a fraudster used by CIA/MI6—an event that will be used to torpedo the Putin/Carlson interview and resurrection of long buried and debunked propaganda. Given what we learned about medical advances from yesterday’s article, I’d be curious to know what the autopsy reveals as the cause of death.

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Putin: Aggressive Manifestations of Neocolonialism Are Seen in West’s Behavior Today

by Muhammad Nooh Osman at Sputnik Africa.

On Thursday, the global stage witnessed a convergence of esteemed political figures and intellectuals, including heads of state and political leaders from Africa, Russia, and other countries, in Moscow for the Forum of Supporters of the Struggle Against Modern Practices of Neo-colonialism, echoing the resounding call “For the Freedom of Nations.”

Colonial policy should have remained a shameful page of the past, but the West is still trying to resort to such practices, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, addressing the participants of the international forum “For the Freedom of Nations“, which is being held in Moscow.

The forum opened Thursday in Moscow, marking the beginning of an event that will run through February 17 and include high-level delegates from 50 countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, China, North Korea and others, including some NATO members.

Putin stressed that aggressive manifestations of neocolonialism can be observed today in the behavior of the collective West, in its attempts to exert economic pressure on other countries, deprive them of their sovereignty and impose foreign values.

“I consider your representative meeting an extremely important and relevant initiative. Neocolonialism is a shameful legacy of the centuries-long era of plunder and exploitation of the peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and other regions of the planet. We see its aggressive manifestations today in the attempts of the collective West to maintain its dominance and supremacy by any means, to economically subjugate other countries, to deprive them of their sovereignty, to impose foreign values and cultural traditions,” the Russian leader said in his speech read at the event.

President Putin noted that such a policy has become one of the main destabilizing factors in international relations and an obstacle to the development of all mankind. According to Putin, Russia has done a lot to collapse the foundations of the colonial system and support national liberation movements.

“And today we are ready to join forces in the struggle for true freedom and justice, for the progress of all countries and peoples, for the formation of a democratic multipolar world based on the principles of international law, respect for each other’s legitimate interests, mutual trust, and creative cooperation,” he added.

He expressed hope that such meetings would become regular events and contribute to the development of responses to global challenges.

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