Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a visit to Eritrea, said that the countries would work out options for how Moscow could use the potential of the Eritrean port of Massawa, which is located on the Red Sea coast .

Meanwhile, Tesfamariam said that in Eritrea "there are certain investment opportunities that Russia is interested in." "Among them is the extraction of potassium, the mining sector," she added.

The second summit and economic and humanitarian forum "Russia - Africa" ​​will be held on July 27-28 in St. Petersburg. RIA Novosti is the media partner of the event. The first Russia-Africa summit was held in Sochi in 2019, along with an economic forum. The forum was attended by heads of African states, representatives of Russian, African and international business and government agencies, as well as representatives of integration associations of the African continent.