2023-06-13 10:09:42
The Russian Embassy near Benin celebrated, Monday, June 12, 2023 in Cotonou, the 33rd edition of its national holiday. A government delegation led by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Erick Jean-Marie ZINSOU took part in the celebration under the leadership of the Russian Ambassador to Benin and Togo, Igor Evdokimov.
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On June 12, 1990, the democratically elected Russian Parliament proclaimed Russia’s independence from the USSR, affirming the supremacy of the country’s Constitution and other laws. In memory of this day, the diplomatic representation in Cotonou as everywhere else in the world celebrated the national day of Russia. Opportunity for the ambassador to salute the good relations of friendship between Benin and Russia. Relations that continue to develop, according to the Russian ambassador to Benin and Togo. “Russia’s National Day is a symbol of friendship of the destiny shared with the Russian people, which justifies a hundred friendships in the world, which confesses different religions while living in peace and for decades, loving and helping each other,” said Igor Evdokimov. The ambassador praised the dynamism of the 60-year-old Russian-African relations under the umbrella of the African Union, with many joint efforts that make the process of regional integration possible. Speaking of Benin, “cooperation between our two countries is constantly developing at the bilateral level and in international organizations”, he said, referring to the recent visit to Benin by the Russian Minister of Sports, that of a delegation of Russian parliamentarians in Benin, the ongoing exchange between delegations from the two countries. On the occasion of the upcoming Russia-Africa conference, he intends to see cooperation relations between Benin and Russia further strengthened. For its part, “Benin and Russia maintain good relations of friendship and cooperation, materialized in recent years by exchanges between official delegations at the high level (…) Our relations have greatly intensified through, among other things, providing Benin with scholarships and training in the various specialties, security, defence, agriculture, mining, etc. », declared Erick Jean-Marie ZINSOU, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who added that in the university field, a university partnership is being finalized between the University of Parakou and the State University of Medicine of Tver, also in favor of an agreement with the National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics of Benin. Finally, he reassured of the commitment of the Beninese side to consolidate the relations between the Russian Federation and Benin.
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