Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s working visit to the Republic of Chad
On June 5, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited N’Djamena for the first time in the history of bilateral relations. During the visit, President of the Republic of Chad Mahamat Idriss Deby received Sergey Lavrov who also held talks with Minister of State - Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Overseas Citizens of Chad and International Cooperation, Abderaman Koulamallah.
During their detailed conversations, the officials discussed multiple issues of strengthening the traditionally friendly Russia-Chad ties still further. Moscow and N’Djamena reaffirmed their commitment to deepening trust-based political dialogue and expanding foreign policy coordination on topical issues of the international and regional agendas at the UN and other multilateral platforms.
The officials reviewed options for expanding trade, economic and investment partnership, upgrading the contractual and legal framework, implementing promising joint projects in the field of energy, construction and infrastructure modernisation, minerals production and processing, agriculture and healthcare. They focused on expanding education cooperation and training specialists for Chad at Russian educational institutions.
While exchanging opinions on key issues of the global and African agendas, they emphasised the consolidated and principled approach of Moscow and N’Djamena in favour of forging a more equitable and polycentric world order that would prioritise the leading role of international law and the UN Charter, renounce the practice of dictate and neocolonialism in global affairs. The sides coordinated their positions on issues of overhauling the UN Security Council and reaffirmed their common interest in increasing the share of sovereign African states among UNSC members.
While discussing efforts to unblock conflicts on the African continent, the sides emphasised that there was no alternative to using political and diplomatic methods, with regional organisations playing the leading role, and the international community providing its support through the UN.
Sergey Lavrov invited the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chad to take part in a ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in November 2024 in Sochi. The conference is called on to expedite diverse Russian-African cooperation, while relying on strategic decisions of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit in July 2023 in St Petersburg.