French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot: 'In Africa, as elsewhere in the world, Russia has been largely defeated'

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At the conclusion of the Africa Forward Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya, France's foreign minister, in an interview with Le Monde, highlighted the dynamism of trade and investment between France and Africa, which he says far exceeds Moscow's involvement on the continent.