Moscow, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Days after the EU’s high diplomat Josep Borell admitted there’s a excessive stage of assist for Russia and its President Vladimir Putin amongst African nations and folks, Egyptian activist and African Legacy Discussion board founding member Gamal Abdel Nasser contended that the European powers fail to acknowledge their colonial legacy in current dealings with numerous nations of the continent.
Nasser, who is called after his illustrious grandfather and Egyptian President, who overthrew the nation’s monarchy and confronted off with then-colonial powers, recalled how the USSR had helped liberation actions in numerous African nations.
“We have now working previous with Russia. In fact, it had its ups and downs, however we’ve a a lot worse previous with the colonising nations of Europe,” Nasser mentioned in an interview to RT.
Noting European nations had lengthy been finishing up political and army interference in Africa, he mentioned that Africans shouldn’t have a “reminiscence loss”, and are conscious of what occurred prior to now centuries.
“In the event that they need to work with us – OK, however we’d like them to not overlook this previous,” Nasser added.
“We work with the nations which can be keen to work with us on a good foundation and we don’t need to be dictated on how we must always govern ourselves, what our fiscal coverage needs to be, or who we must always speak to, and who we must always assist and who we must always not assist. That is nonetheless the mentality of the previous. It’s the neo-colonisation. If they’re considering it’s both Russia or the West, then they’re nonetheless considering with this mentality,” he informed RT.
His response got here as EU high diplomat Josep Borrell, talking on the NATO Public Discussion board in Washington as a part of NATO’s seventy fifth anniversary summit, on Thursday expressed shock concerning the stage of assist African persons are exhibiting in the direction of Russia, and referred to as for a brand new method targeted on data warfare to affect perceptions.
His remarks got here amid nearer ties between Russia and numerous African nations in a number of fields, together with safety. Some West African nations have ended their counter-terrorism agreements with Western nations and turned to Russia for help.
In 2023, delegations from 48 African nations took half within the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg. On the occasion, the Kremlin declared that the majority had been subjected to “unprecedented” strain from the West, which tried to stop their participation.
Supply: IANS
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