On Octoberr 1, 2021, a working meeting of the leadership of the FPA EAC with representatives of West African business took place.
  Alexander Murychev – Chairman of the Management Board, Anatoly Tkachuk – President, Oleg Berezovoy – General Director took part in the negotiations on behalf of the FBA EAC.
The business community of West Africa was represented by a member of the Board of the FBA EAC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company WARIG (Republic of Senegal) Abdoulaye Sow and Alune Toure Seck, the Plenipotentiary Representative of Senegal in the Republic of Tunisia. Alexander Biryukov, Head of the FBA EAC Representative Office in West Africa and Mauritania, also took part in the meeting.
  The parties discussed issues of expanding further cooperation between entrepreneurs of Russia and West African countries, as well as specific business proposals.
During the conversation, O. Berezovoy introduced the African side to the opportunities and prospects for the participation of business circles of West African countries in the FBA EAC "business Platform" project.
In turn, Abdoulaye Sow invited the leadership of the FBA EAC to take part in the Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum, which will be held in Sochi in 2022 under the motto "For Peace, Security and Development", and confirmed the participation of representatives of West African countries in the VIII Moscow International Financial and Economic Forum.
  The meeting was held in a businesslike and friendly atmosphere. The participants of the negotiations once again stressed the need to continue fruitful mutually beneficial cooperation.