Russia, African Countries Root Friendship By Planting Everlasting Trees In Sochi Park
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published October 23, 2019 | 03:11 PM
In the morning of Wednesday, African leaders attending the inaugural Russia-Africa summit gathered in a park in Sochi to plant trees as a symbol of a deep-rooted friendship between their countries and Russia
SOCHI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd October, 2019) In the morning of Wednesday, African leaders attending the inaugural Russia-Africa summit gathered in a park in Sochi to plant trees as a symbol of a deep-rooted friendship between their countries and Russia.
Shortly before the summit got officially inaugurated by its co-chairs Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Sisi Russian Minister of Environment, Dmitry Kobylkin, invited the African leaders to leave a footmark on the Russian soil by planting trees, each in the name of their country.
"The most enduring types of trees have been selected for the planting the everlasting blue spruce and Nordmann fir," the chief plant scientist of the park, Alexey Plotnikov, told Sputnik.
The attendees appeared to be inspired by the symbolism of the ritual.
"You know, we, human beings, have got to live close to nature, and trees symbolize life, growth, productivity. We have to be inspired by nature, by trees," Acting President of Mauritius Paramasivum P. Vyapoory told journalists, adding that his country recognized the importance of growing trees.
"This is what we teach in our schools, and this is also, as a leader in my country, [what] I encourage everyone [to do] and I myself partake in the activities of planting trees," Vyapoory said.
The Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency is an official media partner of the two-day forum.
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