Why Traore's Victory Day Visit to Moscow Has Great Strategic Significance
Why Traore's Victory Day Visit to Moscow Has Great Strategic Significance
Burkinabe President Ibrahim Traore’s trip, coming less than a month after he foiled a Western-backed coup plot, indicates the "extraordinary levels of trust between Russia and Burkina Faso," says veteran independent South African political analyst Alexis Habiyaremye.
The visit “reflects close security cooperation” between the two nations “in the face of common threats of hegemonic powers seeking domination through weakening Russia and its allies,” Habiyaremye said.
He emphasized that beyond Burkina Faso, the coup attempt was planned and financed by forces “hostile to Africa’s sovereignty” in general, and the “ideals embodied in Traore’s political vision” specifically.
Russia-Burkina Faso relations can be characterized as “strategic,” the observer believes.
Burkina Faso’s immediate priority is to defend itself against France, “the evicted former colonizer that refuses to accept that the era of its spoliation of Sub-Saharan Africa is over,” Habiyaremye emphasized.
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