{"id":24760,"date":"2026-01-30T21:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexicopress.com\/?p=24760"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:51:07","slug":"africa-ready-to-expand-military-cooperation-with-russia-despite-western-pressure-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexicopress.com\/?p=24760","title":{"rendered":"Africa Ready to Expand Military Cooperation With Russia Despite Western Pressure: Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24760\" class=\"elementor elementor-24760\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd87351 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd87351\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd12529 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd12529\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"349\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Russian President <strong data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"172\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Vladimir Putin<\/span><\/span><\/strong> said African countries are prepared to deepen military and technical cooperation with <strong data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"300\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Russia<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, despite political pressure from Western states.<\/p><p data-start=\"351\" data-end=\"722\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Speaking during a meeting of Russia\u2019s commission on military-technical cooperation, Putin stressed that the relationship goes beyond weapons sales. He said cooperation increasingly includes after-sales servicing of previously supplied equipment, the supply of related materials and products, and the establishment of licensed local production of Russian military systems.<\/p><p data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"1063\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Putin framed the approach as long-term and comprehensive, signaling Moscow\u2019s intent to position itself as a sustained security partner rather than a transactional supplier. His remarks come amid growing Russian engagement across parts of <strong data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1003\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809466153-u7faa\">Africa<\/span><\/span><\/strong>, particularly in defense, security training, and logistics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af13ecb elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"af13ecb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ji2OQiDg6HY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c043c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c043c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\u201cIt is not only a question of increasing supplies of Russian military exports, but also of after-sales service, licensed production, and other forms of cooperation.\u201d<\/blockquote>\n<ul data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1474\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">\n<li data-start=\"1271\" data-end=\"1349\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">\n<p data-start=\"1273\" data-end=\"1349\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">Russia signals deeper, long-term military partnerships with African states<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1413\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">\n<p data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1413\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">Focus extends to servicing, logistics, and local production<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1474\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">\n<p data-start=\"1416\" data-end=\"1474\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">Cooperation framed as resilient despite Western&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1476\" data-end=\"1651\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-tldrly-ref=\"tldrly-1769809663015-fawy0\">The comments reflect Moscow\u2019s broader strategy to strengthen ties with African governments seeking diversified defense partnerships in an increasingly multipolar global order.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said African countries are prepared to deepen military and technical cooperation with Russia, despite political pressure from Western states. Speaking during a meeting of Russia\u2019s commission on military-technical cooperation, Putin stressed that the relationship goes beyond weapons sales. He said cooperation increasingly includes after-sales servicing of previously supplied equipment, the supply 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