Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Moscow supports Ethiopia’s efforts to stabilise its internal political situation in remarks that sought to draw a contrast with what he presented as meddling by the West.
Lavrov was in Addis Ababa on Wednesday wrapping up a four-nation African tour aimed at drumming up support for Moscow at a time of confrontation with Western powers over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Most African nations, mindful of economic interests and historical ties with both Russia and the West, have declined to take sides over Ukraine.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports.
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#Lavrov #LavrovAfricaTour #Ethiopia
really 0:57 “buy Russian weapons”? … then show you the poverty ..classic troupe
You can go on YouTube right now and see ✈ ✈ ✈ see Uganda has Russian Sukhoi Su- fighter jets.
🇺🇬 Uganda has billions of dollars is just AIR POWER alone. jets, helicopters… you name it = they got it. That is why Egypt wanted no smoke with the neighbors down south.
You have never seen a story of African shortage of pilots… 1+1 = 2
🇷🇺 Russia cant fight a proper war because Africa countries bought up everything…( since 2014). Alot of African countries are at over-kill levels
no tanks : just nothing but air power. with unlimited pilots under 20 years old. ✈Russia jets patrol the African skies.
The meeting is not over wheat prices.
Al jazeera îs a propaganda 🤮 of the paste go home Too your yankees pimps
I am disappointed with Al Jazeera because of the news coverage. Why don’t you bring true news
Go and watch CNN or BBC
This is a food war he who holds the world bread basket control the belly god and the mammon and the minds of people but the HolyBible declares seek the kingdom of Yahweh and these things which the gentiles seek will be added unto you Read Matthew 6 chapter and verse 33
😒 Russia is like the rapist that blames the victims for getting raped. Laprov: “It’s not Russia’s fault that Ukraine can’t export grains because we’re bombing them to death. And it’s really my friend China’s fault for spreading their pandemic throughout the world anyway.” How fast Russia turned on China already. Two countries that singlehandedly brought disease and famine to the world in recent memory.
This visit is like the head crocodile visiting Africa to tell us that our food and fuel costs have gone up because some people are objecting to his crocodiles which have escaped into the river upstream and have been eating humans. We mustn’t worry because He ewill let the crocodiles eat all the humans and then there will be plenty of food and fuel to go round. Africa likes this solution. Nobody should object to what Russia does.
We stand from Russian 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 from Ethiopia …
@menassie s “I stand competes with” — I’m not familiar with this… Ethiopian idiom? In case it means you stand with Russia, we’ve now got ourselves three Africans out of a total of 1,216 billions Africans expressing support for Russia. I’m afraid that with such a small sample size, it doesn’t constitute a valid opinion poll.
Hi peabase, this is my reply – did it 20 hours ago but it is not viewable for some reason. You can do what you want my friend, you and your governments have been doing it for 400 years without our consent. My issue is that we as Africans wish that you do it from your own countries and stop coming here to impose your ideologies, militaries and economic sanctions upon us and our disapora, thats it. The whole scamble for Africa was predicated on us not being human and signing away our lands. Pumped billions in Aid? My friend your governments have kept our governments subserviant for decades through aid, if your governments had actually cared China and Russia would not have a foothold in Africa, the Ukrainian conflict would have Russia completely Isolated and Taiwan would be recognised as a sovereign nation. Africa is no where near democratic enough, but that is on us as Africans as your have rightly pointed out. It doesn’t help when western interest groups come in and undermine our governments. I could go on and on, but I dont have the energy. But Europeans must leave, their welcome is overstayed.
yabibal, don’t speak like that, you shame yourself and your people
@peabase we asians stand with russia too. So do middle East.
Good people…
Consider this Russia n China can give food, oil n infrastructure, but the USA n Europe just give higher borrowing rates for money and lecture other nations about supporting LGBQT, threaten them, n to forsake their religions.. So who you think the nations will be warm to ?
Maybe to those who take their refugees despite only getting judged?
@Manila Mindoro they’re not more than the ukranian refugees are they?
Russian is not the problem. Putin and his ego is the problem.
The US is responsible for food shortages in Africa.
It was a huge mistake for most of west to side with powerful and corrupt America on illegal sanctions on Russia and the world now suffering. Remember I. Newton said “For every action there is an equal Reaction”
Ethiopia 💗 Russea long live
Putin’s laptop dog, melting face Lavrov is begging poor countries for support. Not a good sign for Russia.
Раша параша
Ethiopia and Russia are Orthodox Brothers
The African countries know that the western countries are merely vulgar barbaric gangs of thieves and murderers masquerading as countries.
What did ukraine do
Russia 🇷🇺 evil plans we don need in Africa plzzzzzz Russia war on Ukraine is human. We already have bad blood on the west side
Refugees please also go to Russia!
❤️ to Russia 🇷🇺 from 🇨🇩 Congo
Why dont russia help congo who arrive on boats to italy?
Glory to Russia 🇷🇺
The Africans know who to trust, when did Russia ever arrive on thier continent, steal thier men , take everything they seen or impose a religion or language on them , Africans know who to trust .
Lol russia did the same in asia.
Those who beleive Russia can be isolated from the Africa and Asia must be fools.
Russia the great! Ethiopia is cheated by evil forces for centuries. May our kids see better days free from evil West and Holley Wood criminal corporate dehumanised evil enyities. Respects for America and people living in the West. Down with their corporate evil neocolonial capitalist military adventur in Africa.
Africa is with Russia
Interesting new development. My theory for the security,prosperity and insuring of liberty for the ”’ Collective Of Global Civilization” best at this Point In Time.
Good News is that Eye Love You. Calling for an immediate ceasefire !
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Congratulations African leaders, just to remind the west, don’t think your enemy is our enemy too, that is totally wrong .
RUSSIA WELCOME TO AFRICA FRANCE GET OUT
RUSSIA is the greatest friend of AFRICA
Lol. Africa is a continent
Africa is not suffering from food crisis because what is going on in Ukraine. There are so many varieties of home grown food in Sub Saharan African countries.
@Johnny goody Africa has much varieties of food that you have never seen before. They don’t depend on pasta , pizza, and potatoes like you do.
it’s only a handful of countries in north and east that import from Ukraine. out of 53 countries in Africa.
@Boss even in East Africa maybe fuel but not food
Al jazeera = Cnn = BCC= One world order
Yeah is Al Jihadizeera still ramming jet liners into skyscrapers or just raping female journalists who work for them?
Let Russia and Africa make every efforts to normalize the situations.
to normalize Putin’s hunger for Ukraine’s oil and gas, there is a simple solution
Why not bring all these poor African to Russia since the inflation and famine on rise because of Russian invasion?, wanted to have more spaces and taking more resources of its neighbours,
Russia and China has the same feather, Russia shaking European countries while China taking South East Asian waters and islands.
The fall of Russia is the fall of China. why India didn’t get the point? India hoping that Russia would save India from China? India didn’t see that the boss of Russia is China….
African need the Russian in Africa more than the west .
We want to work for the welfare of all the people of the world.
so good to see most here actually support russia.
@Manila Mindoro 1 of few not colonised. Wonder who they support?
@GHTW GHTW im asking why a country never colonized is supporting one that colonized a few
@Manila Mindoro maybe they didn’t feel the pain of being colonozed like the rest.
I hope the US and EU will change their policy towards Africa so that Russia won’t manipulate the entire continent.
gonna be very difficult for europe, us mainly just playing support role in this as africa was traditionally europe’s domain. but their colonial past will make it very hard to engage in africa vs the chinese and the russian.
እኔም እባብ አንድ ቀን ሰውን በመርዙ መንደፍ አቁሞ ጥሩ የቤት እንስሳ ይሆናል ብዬ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ።
Change after killing as savior arrived. All you guys gonna see is fast and rapid development of Africa which you have been suppressing.
I just can’t get it why Africans still have fake diplomatic relation with west Europeans, specialy with British,France,Germany,Italy,Holland, Spain,Portugal, These countries were cancerous and still toxic criminals washing their hand with African blood. From slavery, to colonization, from day light robbery of natural resources to stealing national treasures, from terrorist Apartheid , to assassination, from mass killings to genocide,from civil wars to world wars,from fascism to Nazism, from imperialism to communism from negative trade balance to their national interests assurance. why they are still in Africa??? Africa doesnt need Europeans they need us for everything.
Africa doesnt need europeans? What a ignorant comment , i just wondering why so many africans come to europe to live and not stay at africa
Did he pass him some money as they were shaking hands.
We Ethiopians never betrayed our friends, Russia is too close to our heart 💜
تحية لاثيوبيا 🇸🇦🇨🇲❤️
Russia is no friend to Ethiopia 😂😂 they just have no friends and want to sell grain
So next time you have a famine call on Lavrov instead of Geldof.
@Cowabunga 😂😂😂 why u get mad 😡😡😡
Good move by Africa
May allah bless Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
We will continue filling the dam no force on earth can stop us 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
Russia provides the needed pivot towards BRICS. President Putin must drive the now inevitable creation of the New world economic system to complete the needed Revolution. Long Live the Russian Federation 🙏. Long Live President Putin 🙏
revolution revolution what ptfff
Then i hope he gets your refugees.
The West statesmen (not the people) are snakes in beautiful mesmerizing grass. Go Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 from Ethiopia 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
Egypt , cry me a river😅😅😅😅
Russia has out of an African Ethiopian created the greatest poet of all time while the west was stealing killing people making Slaves Russia held their African greater than the themselves in respact and love. This descendant of Ethiopia was was no other than the great Pushkin!
@Graubunden X русскими ? А ты знаешь что в России живет более 190 национальностей ? А в тот советский период жило ещё больше национальностей ! Сталин был русским? Откуда вы черпаете информацию ? Википедия или нетфликс ?😂
@Dariykка interesting you like Stalin, but when you came at his crimes you don’t love Stalin. Propaganda will not save great mother Russia to be crunched by his own contradictions. The Soviet Union collapsed under a lies sea.
Slava Russia!
Russia Goverment is sh$%# because it does not have Human Rights and oprress its own people and the Economy of Russia is very very Small it not even the SIze of a small Country like Norway…. Dont follow the Russian Government they are bad for themselfs and for others …
Africa needs real friends not those coming with aid such as USAID EUAID UKAID giving with conditions attached some of those aids are ill-made for Africa targeting our resources, giving west doctrinal education of impoverishing the sub-saharan, sponsoring terrorism and pretending to fight the same after causing confusion. So the West should not even complain of good relations with Russia coz of their genuine help
Lavrov is a criminal, do not follow Putin and war criminal Russia
What the west did to Africa after many years of imperialism, cannot be forgotten
I believe no one touched Éthiopie
@Manila Mindoro Italy conquered them in 1936.
@Alex it’s not colonized.
Is anybody commenting I only see your comment Samuel.
Samuel, I am always saying the same. But unfortunately, most of our brothers in the continent picks some worthless discussion to be arguing about while living real future. Simple example is the response to your comment only just 3 or 4 participants but the whole topic change to supremacy of non colony claim. What different does it make if Ethiopia is colonized or not? We have real economy is as africans and some are talking bad history, now I see the reason the west had it easy over us.
Russia is evil and criminal, not human, no respect for other countries or people
Ezekiel 38:5 Persia,ETHIOPIA, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezekiel 38:6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Ethiopia? 😂😂😂
There is nothing funny about ethiopia
They can only make jokes about Ethiopia, because they can’t force you guys to join them.
Africa, be careful! You gotta know who are dealing with🌍😜
Africa must understand that Russia is the reason they dont have grain and not the EU sanctions.
Only a handful of countries out of the 54, purchase grain from Ukraine.
@Boss so ukraine cannot be blamed, blame russia, they stop the grain and say it is because of others
@g4m3r 222 Your reply makes no sense! No blame was placed on ether country! 😂😂
Whenever there seemed to be a challenge to status quo there is always a reaction. Lavrov sets off to visit African countries and all of a sudden Macron sets of to Africa starting from Guinea Bissau. Not quite long ago when Angella Merkel decided to visit Africa, from nowhere Theresa May was seen in Nigeria and other African countries. I wonder why African leaders cannot play the game to their benefit. The world needs Aftica not the other way round.
@Mohamed We blame our African leaders for the mess otherwise Africa has everything that is required to be successful
Russia protects its sovereignty by opposing the oppression after the fall of soviets russia never invaded or had a plan to go and rob other people’s land by making false flag or other means of invasion as an 🇪🇷 i am glad we stand with russia.
Im gonna guess thats a 3world country
@Manila Mindoro what do u mean
Russian(Soviet Union)/
Thank you for Africa freedom from Colonisation. and
When Russian (Bear) Sleep deep .
Afrrca taken Again old colonist .
Thank you Russian (Bear) Woke up from deep sleep .
Please RUSSIAN free Africa from New Colonialist .
Now this old colonilist with so called Democracy and humans right ….AFRICA again in Cruel New and old colonist(America, england ,france ) again Africa .
Please Russian free Africa from cruel new(old) Coloisten !!!
Thank you
GOD BLESS RUSSIAN !!!
But the last 20 years soffering Eritrea(Africa) peoples with inlegal United state sanctioned .
United state America want Eritrea peoples soffering want legally ….and in United nation Sanctions want .
The only Country in United nation oppose is Russian.
China is Neutral .
and now when Ukraine problems Comes
The only African country with Russian is ERITREA !!!
But stupid Lavarov visited Africa . but
Lavarov don’t visited Eritrea.
I am so sorry !!!
We don’t carry about lavarov .
We care about Russian peoples .
any way Capital city Eritrea(Asemera) is modernist African city–UNESCO WORLED heritage Center .
Asmera—like sankt petersburg city (Putin city) is beutiful .
May be stupid lavarov born in
Ugly city Moscow city
Stupid lavarov don’t Know Architure.
Thank you Russian peoples
But Lavarov stupid !!!
Peace for my lovely Russian and Ukraine peoples !!!
Glory for Russian peoples !!
GOD BLESS RUSSIAN and UKRAINE PEOPLE’S !!!
Thank you
from ERITREA(AFRICA)
Always support Russia
Did you know that Lavrov is a real-life vampire? ☠️
Samuel Is nothing but a Neocolonialsts propagandists
Exactly, the problem is the west countries.
Great job bringing everyone together 1❤
Mother Earth please swallow them whole!!! Their time here has long been due
America and the West needs to completely cut Africa off ( Foreign Humanitarian and Economic Aid. Let Russia and China manage and take care of Africa.
The aid hasn’t help us develop this far we can manage but you should know that if the aid is cut your major source of leverage and good will to 1.2 billion people disappears with it also funfact our gdp is larger than India’s in short it would be policy suicide. I hate how you people think that you can do what ever you want
@menassie s 1.2Billion. Half of that in abject poverty, as a result of regressive governance, that will have to be feed and taken care of outweighing any economic value to the west. If the African people, allow incompetent governments to make decisions as to weather they follow the path towards democracy or fall under the influence of communism, then that is their business However, they should face the economic , financial and political consequences for doing so, and not on the dime of the west. Most of Africa nations have massive sovereign debt with junk bonds. The economic slow down and inflation is yet to have the full impact on Africa. China and Russia are playing along term game for Africa’s resources, one of those being cheap human labor. None of this will be to the benefit of most of those 1.2 Billion you reference.
@menassie s I’ve seen where world free humanitarian help aid goes. You can find in the local markets sold by business shops… it happens always, when governments are corrupted.
Russian-led forces take control of Klinovoye near Bakhmut, Donetsk region day after taking over Pokrovskoye just above Klinovoye, as they move closer to launching an offensive on Bakhmut.
Russian advances continue towards Zvanovka, Avdeevka with fights reported in Soledar, Donbass region as Russian forces seem to trap Ukrainian forces in a cauldron.
AFRICA should produce own food they have good fertile land no need imported food
Despite the war in Ukraine and raising of prices because of western sanctions against Russia. Africa has a lot of wars in many countries that America and Europe ignore. second they colonized Africa more than 100 years and they didn’t even uplift the continent from the poverty what they did is looting nothing else. so as Africans we need change and new partners either from Asia, Europe and America (south or north )who are willing to work with us development of our citizens.
Tell Al Jazeera it’s Al Jazeer not Al Jazerra
The USA needed the War in Ukraine to feed its ailing economy and its war machine the sooner the world moves away from the USD the less of a strangle hold the USA will have on the world economy. They keep the African nations poor buy destroying the world economy with a strong dollar and then giving them loans via the world bank. Africa should rather take loans from China and Russia would be much cheaper.
As for Sri Lanka …
China and Russia are playing along term game for Africa’s resources, one of those being cheap human labor. None of this will be to the benefit of average African
It’s the only time russia has realized Africa exists…putin himself said Africa is burial ground…
Mother Africa is starting to sound more like a garden tool . She wants one man to provide financial support and to feed her kids , while another man gets the P, meaning the resources
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Ethiopia funnest country
It’s sick what the Ethiopian government is allowing to happen to the people who live in the Christian cities of its country. Absolutely disgusting.
😁😆😆😆😆😆. dont worry about us
@Kastiel Dev what do u mean don’t worry about us
Who can still fall for this simpleton Lazrov. He still calls it Russias special operation? Who is even believing this nowadays. Many peoples from all over the world see how entire cities are flattened. And also see that this cannot be any way of being peaceful
It seems it’s Africa’s destiny to always have a pink overlord
And he’s absolutely right. The West only butchered Africa.
And took refugees.
Omar Fierros work Mexico china texas Russia 🏳🏳🏳🙏🙏🙏
Way to go Africa.. greet from East Asia. Together we stand.
Nobody cares about the west imperialism and exceptionalism we Africans no who are oppresses are
Africa needs to look out for itself, as they say back home history is your best teacher.
Is great seeing him in Africa. We are old friends. They are the only country that supported Africa against colonialism without asking nor exploiting our resources. God bless Russia
BS.
I hate the America and EU.
Russians hate Africans and are hard-core racist. Lavrov is talking as if Ukraine is a part of Russia, very scary way to fool the west into “diplomacy talks”. Each time Lavrov talks about sanctions hurting others, it’s an obvious confession it’s hurting Russia. And each time Russia talks about HIMARS hitting POW’s or civilians, its yet a confession the HIMARs are a big blow to Russian forces. The fact that Iran, North Korea and Cuba support Russia is evidence enough that Communistic dictatorship are the driving forces. Freedome and democracy are at stake for the whole of the western world. Respect for the brave people of Ukraine and the countries that have communistic oppression in fresh memory; Poland, Littuania and Finland. Stand up NATO and liberate Europe from Putin, like Europe was liberated from Adolf Hitler and Nazism.
USA and Europe have always disrespected us. And I don’t see Russians being racist because they are decent civilisation and don’t have those behaviours the racist West have. And Russians aren’t Europeans they are Slavic people so they are part of us color people. Even If they are white that doesn’t represent the nature of white Europeans. Russians nature is different. And don’t say am a hater, I always rejected the racist ideology, and don’t believe in that philosophy. I only gives credit to Russian people this isn’t about making me better or my facts are the best, this is a compliment to Russia not to me.
Russia only comes to Africa because they need new friends. If they were not isolated, they wouldnt come here. Africa to both the west and russia is like a call girl.
Most africans speak english and not russia. This shows how much africa is tied to the west. Russia shld buzz off. Only using africa because they have no friends
There is no agricultural space greater outside of Africa.
Bravo ❤ ❤ ❤
“emancipate yourself from mental slavery, non but ourselves can free our minds…” – Bob Marley.
Russia is not a new friend to Ethiopia. Back in the Soviet days, during the 80’s, they supported General Mengistu (the butcher of Addis Ababa). They were generous allies when it came to arming the regime, which led to prolong the war and the death and maiming of thousands of young Ethiopians!
Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice…!!
When America and NATO invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and other countries there was no food shortage in the world or hike prices of goods but now Ukraine is attacked which was a would be NATO member so US and NATO is punishing the whole world as they have hold on oil and world economy. This evil group want the whole world to starve to death and accuse Russia.
Conspiracy
A familiar face received and respected everywhere except in North America . Lavrov is showing how diplomacy and wisdom can achieve results , yet respect the principle agree to disagree on certain issues without engaging in confrontation .
Footage.
Liar.
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