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The first African president to visit Kiev since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, president Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day before, he visited Russia where he also met President Vladimir Putin. The visiting president said that Guinea-Bissau remains an unwavering partner for Russia and Ukraine
The first African president to visit Kiev since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, president Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day before, he visited Russia where he also met President Vladimir Putin. The visiting president said that Guinea-Bissau remains an unwavering partner for Russia and Ukraine.
Embalo is the current president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and declared that he wanted to bring together the two brotherly countries. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine complained that Russia was blocking 170 ships with grain for African and Asian countries and called for joint efforts to prevent Russia from disrupting the food exports to obviate a price explosion in the food market. As of today, 170 ships carrying grain for Africa and Asia are blocked by Russia, he added.
Zelenskyy said a prerequisite for talks would be Russia’s recognition of Ukraine´s territory, borders, and sovereignty. The two sides have managed limited cooperation on certain issues, such as the exchange of prisoners of war and the repatriation of remains.
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Mr Embalo also assured that he would as the Russian President release the more than 165 ships blocked near the Bosporus Strait. Ukraine accuses Russia of deliberately delaying the ships intended for the transport of cereals by prolonging inspections carried out in accordance with an agreement reached on these deliveries which are crucial for many countries in Africa and Asia.
