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As far as out Foreign Ministry is concerned, we will do all we can to ensure that no Russian
national comes to harm. Our goal is to get our Iraqi partners to take appropriate measures.
Most importantly, the Iraqi side is ready to discuss security conditions, and is already doing
so. We will continue working in this direction.
I would like to stress that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a very large and important part-
ner of Russia. We and the Saudi leadership share common approaches with regard to global
processes. This refers, among other things, to the building of a new system of international
relations based on polycentrism and greater democracy.
Africa needs assistance. I would not describe Africa as a disaster area: It should not be for-
gotten that in the past several pre-crisis years, average economic growth across the conti-
nent was around 5%. Not bad.
This does not mean that all issues are being solved. In fact, there are some disaster areas
in Africa, but there are also growth areas there. There is yet another obstacle to the full-
fledged process of stable development i.e., conflicts on the African continent. Unfortu-
nately, there are still quite a few although some of them have already been resolved by the
Africans themselves, but with active assistance from the international community.
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