Moscow is opposed to a unipolar world based solely on Western interests, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during his visit to Ethiopia, which concluded the minister’s African tour.
Demeke Mekonnen, his Ethiopian counterpart, told the Russian daily Izvestia that the ministers discussed the impact of the food crisis in Africa and promised to work together to find a solution.
Mekonnen stressed that “Russia has been supporting the African country for the last hundred years” and is developing cooperation in space, medicine and nuclear technology.
“The visit of the Russian colleague was very opportune. We had really fruitful discussions. We talk about national, regional and global issues. We brought the current food crisis and associated concerns to work together to solve this problem,” he told Izvestia. In turn, Lavrov said that Russia values ”the relationship with Ethiopia, which has a long and rich history.”
According to the leading researcher of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Yuri Zinin, Russia now obviously needs to review relations with Africa.
“There is a basis for cooperation, it just needs to be developed. The visit of our Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to African countries, in itself, clearly shows that our country is coming to accept this direction as one of the most important, the expert specified.
He believes that countries have the opportunity to collaborate in new sectors such as space, the nuclear industry, technology and tourism. At the same time, Russian doctors are working in Ethiopia to study and combat pandemics.
It is worth mentioning that gas prices in Europe increased to $2,300 dollars per 1,000 cubic meters in the context of the reduction of supplies through the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The current pumping volume through it is around 20% of its design capacity.
If the current scenario continues, the intentions of the European Union to fill its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) in a 80% by November 1 will fail, experts warned Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
Due to the closure of another gas compressor turbine, gas production through the gas pipeline was reduced to 31 million cubic meters of gas, even though the pipeline can transport up to 167 million cubic meters Of gas.
According to Gazprom, Siemens Energy not only delayed the turbine’s return from scheduled repairs, but also failed to carry out repairs on the faulty line motors.
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