MOSCOW, November 8. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Equatorial Guinean counterpart Simeon Oyono Esono Angue are engaged in talks in the Sirius Federal Territory, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding discussions with Equatorial Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Simeon Oyono Esono Angue on the sidelines of the inaugural ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, which is taking place in Sirius," Zakharova said, accompanying the post with a photo of the two ministers.

Earlier, the press service of the Roscongress Foundation told TASS that more than 40 African ministers will attend the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, scheduled for November 9-10 in the Sirius Federal Territory.