🇷🇺🇲🇱 Russia promises to back Mali's fight against militancy

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during his first visit to Mali said Russia would continue helping Mali improve its military capabilities, building on deliveries of equipment in the past month.

"Last year and at the start of this year a large consignment of Russian aviation technology was sent, thanks to which Mali's army was recently able to conduct successful operations against terrorists," Lavrov said during the joint news conference.

"By choosing to strengthen cooperation with Russia, Mali wants to show and demonstrate that we are not going to continue to justify ourselves for our choice of partners," Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop told.

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