MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. Russian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Nikolay Krasilnikov has not ruled out that the country could become the venue for one of the next Russia-Africa summits.

"It is quite possible, because Zimbabwe is showing increased interest in partnership in the Russia-Africa format. Zimbabwe has the potential to host such an event," he said told Izvestia. "The only thing is that the country needs to work on infrastructure. If not the third summit, then it is quite possible to hold the fourth summit in Zimbabwe - for example, in the area of Victoria Falls," he pointed out.

The ambassador also stressed that the Russian side is interested in Zimbabwe "increasing the level of its political and economic cooperation with the BRICS countries." "Everyone is interested in this. There is such a movement towards each other," the diplomat noted. "Zimbabwe has shown interest in joining the New Development Bank [established by BRICS]. I think that if this happens in practice, then we can say that the country is ready to join BRICS. That is where we are starting from," Krasilnikov emphasized.