Trade between Russia and African nations has grown 1.5 times since 2022 and passed 27 billion dollars, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to TASS.

The Russia–Africa summit in Moscow gathered delegations from 48 countries, with 22 leaders attending, to discuss trade, security, arms and grain, according to France 24. Putin said Russia had supplied 13 million metric tons of agricultural products to Africa in the first nine months of the year.