The parliamentary diplomacy is an essential complementary tool to traditional diplomacy. At the beginning of each convocation, The State Duma establishes Deputy Groups on interaction with foreign parliaments that are committeed to facilitating multisectoral dialogue with partner states and serving common interests in many spheres.
Deputy Group on interaction with Parliament of the Republic of South Africa and Parliaments of other African countries (Republic of Benin, Republic of Botswana, Republic of Burundi, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Republic of the Niger, Kingdom of Lesotho, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Mozambique, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Republic of Rwanda, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of the Sudan, Republic of Sierra Leone, Togolese Republic, Republic of Chad, State of Eritrea, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Kingdom of Eswatini, Republic of South Sudan)
