On October 23-24, the first Russia-Africa Summit was held in Sochi. The heads of all the African Continent states, as well as the heads of the largest regional unions and organizations were invited to attend the event.

The special focus was on the status and prospects of relations between Russia and the African continent states, promotion of relations in the political, economic, humanitarian, cultural and other spheres. The experts exchanged opinions on the development of counter terrorism and cross-border crime activities, along with other challenges and threats to regional and global security.

Marina Mazurevskaya, Deputy Director General for Legal Affairs and Government authorities relations for NANOLEK, took part in the “Biosafety: Current Projects and Integrity Prospects” Session dedicated to the collaboration between the countries relating to the mutual investigation of infectious diseases and disease management.

The representatives of the national authorities of RF, line ministers of the Uganda Republic, Kongo Republic and Guinea Republic spoke at the session.

Marina spoke of the NANOLEK project status on the development and production of the first national inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) jointly with Chumakov Institute, RAN, that began in July 2019, as well as on the potential opportunity to collaborate with the African countries on vaccine export and know-how transfer.