Russian FM in Congo: Libya, war in Ukraine and cooperation top agenda

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Congolese president Denis Sassou-Nguesso on the second leg of his Africa tour.

High on the agenda was the political crisis in Libya. Sassou-Nguesso is the chair of the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya and seeks to organize an inter-Libyan summit.

On Tuesday (Jun. 4), Congo’s top diplomat Jean-Claude Gakosso held a presser in Oyo with his Russian counterpart.

Brazaville has called for a negociated end to the war in Ukraine.

“In our eyes those who urge to send troops on the ground do not help the peace process,…