ST. PETERSBURG, July 27. /TASS/. Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye invited his Rusisan counterpart Vladimir Putin to pay a visit to his country.

"I would like to invite you to pay a visit to Burundi whenever you find it convenient. The date will be set in the course of diplomatic procedures," he told the Russian president on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa summit.

The second Russia-Africa Summit is taking place at St. Petersburg’s Expoforum on July 27-28, in parallel with economic and humanitarian forums. Similar to the first such summit in 2019, the event is being held under the rubric "For Peace, Security and Development." The event is being organized by the Roscongress Foundation. TASS is the event’s official information partner and photo-hosting agency.