Nairobi, June 2 -- Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is calling on Russia to play its part to end what he called a long-standing unipolar world order dominated by the United States.

Afwerki's four-day trip this week, on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, seemed to be a reward for Asmara's staunch support for Moscow, now in the bad books of the West for invading Ukraine in February last year.

In four votes at the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, Eritrea has often opposed negative decisions on Russia. It rejected a vote to condemn Russia's invasion, calls to condemn Moscow's decision to occupy certain Ukrainian regions and recently voted 'no' when the UN General Assembly decided to direct Russia to wit...