🗓️ On 10 November 2026, at the UNIDO headquarters in Vienna, the Permanent Mission participated in the second Development Dialogue on the Organization’s Strategy for Africa for 2026–2029. 🇷🇺 We took this opportunity to provide a detailed overview of the successful outcomes of the 3rd Russia-Africa Summit held in Moscow on 28-29 October 2026. It was emphasized that our country is committed to building equal and mutually beneficial relations with Africa, supporting the promotion of a sovereign and just development paradigm. Representatives from the UNIDO Secretariat outlined promising areas of their work on the continent aimed at fostering sustainable industrialization. These include the development of strategic transport and industrial corridors, the enhancement of professional skills, facilitating enterprise access to finance and investment, supporting small and medium-sized businesses, building quality infrastructure, localizing high-value-added production in Africa, etc. For their part, delegations from African countries emphasized the importance of ensuring that this process duly accounts for their national priorities, the transfer of advanced technologies and the need to address the energy requirements of the industrial sector. The Russian Mission supported the latter point, underscoring the value of a rational approach to energy issues. This entails encouraging the use of not only renewables in industrial sectors, but also more efficient and cleaner traditional fuels, based on each nation’s specific context. 🔗 Full statement of the Russian delegation