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Russia & Burkina Faso in 2024: A Year When Mutual Cooperation Really Takes Off, Says Burkinabe FM
Russia & Burkina Faso in 2024: A Year When Mutual Cooperation Really Takes Off, Says Burkinabe FM
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In July, President Vladimir Putin announced plans to reopen the Russian embassies in Burkina Faso in order to strengthen cooperation with the African country... 29.12.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, looks forward to the coming new year with "much hope and expectation" for the future of relations between Ouagadougou and Moscow.According to the African minister, this hope is based on the fact that "Russia supports Burkina Faso in its fight against terrorism." In the diplomat's estimation, Ouagadougou and Moscow will have to take "two steps" together in 2024.Contacts between the two countries are already multiplying. Russia has just resumed the work of its embassy in Ouagadougou after a 31-year hiatus. In addition, Russia's deputy defense minister, Yunus-bek Evkurov, visited Burkina Faso this year to strengthen military cooperation.
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Russia & Burkina Faso in 2024: A Year When Mutual Cooperation Really Takes Off, Says Burkinabe FM
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In July, President Vladimir Putin announced plans to reopen the Russian embassies in Burkina Faso in order to strengthen cooperation with the African country. This decision was further underlined on Thursday when the Russian Embassy in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou resumed its activities after a hiatus of more than three decades.
Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister, Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore, looks forward to the coming new year with "much hope and expectation" for the
future of relations between Ouagadougou and Moscow.
According to the African minister, this hope is based on the fact that "Russia supports Burkina Faso in its fight against terrorism."
"For us, 2024 must be the year of the return to peace. And the return to peace means the return to growth," Traore told Sputnik Africa.
In the diplomat's estimation, Ouagadougou and Moscow will have to take "two steps" together in 2024.
"The first is the emergency and humanitarian phase, which we are currently tackling with Russia's support. And this stage should open the door to a new dynamic, that of the economy, that of creating the conditions in which the two economies can share their achievements with each other and allow us to move forward," hoped the head of Burkina Faso's diplomacy.
Contacts between the two countries are already multiplying. Russia has just resumed the work of
its embassy in Ouagadougou after a 31-year hiatus. In addition, Russia's deputy defense minister, Yunus-bek Evkurov, visited Burkina Faso this year to strengthen military cooperation.
