Russia signs agreements for military cooperation with 40 African countries.

Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St Petersburg.

“For the purposes of bolstering the defence capability of the continent’s countries, we are developing partnership in the military and military-technical spheres,” Putin said during the second and final day of the second Russia-Africa Summit.

“Russia has signed agreements on military-technical cooperation with more than 40 African states, to which we supply a broad range of armaments and hardware.”

Putin stated that African states received a wide range of weapons and technology, some for free “with the aim of enhancing the security and sovereignty of the countries.”