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Burkinabe Foreign Minister Plans to Attend Russia-Africa Conference, Ambassador Says

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Traore is planning to visit Russia to participate in the ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, the African country's ambassador to Moscow, Aristide Rapugdondba Ludovic Tapsoba, told Sputnik.
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The conference will be held in Sochi on November 9-10.
"The minister is expected to visit Sochi," Tapsoba said.
The decision to hold the ministerial conference in Sochi was made at the second Russia-Africa summit and will bring together foreign ministers from Russia and African countries, as well as officials of the African Union Commission and regional integration organizations.
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