Sputnik Africa is live as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holds a press conference in Moscow after talks with Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop.
Moscow and Bamako maintain permanent contacts. The last ministerial meeting took place on September 21, 2023 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
In addition, last February, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry paid his first visit to Mali and held meetings with the head of the transitional government, Assimi Goita, and Mali's top diplomat, Diop.
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