On 09 June 2017 the Russian Ambassador to South Africa, H.E. Ambassador Mikhail Ivanovich Petrakov, visited ACCORD House. It was the Ambassadors first visit to ACCORD and provided an opportunity for ACCORD to share with him the work of ACCORD. The Ambassador was in Durban to attend the Breakfast launch of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s Book on the African Union Commission 2012-2017.