🇧🇫🇷🇺 Burkina Faso, Russia discuss military cooperation

The Minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs of Burkina Faso Kassoum Coulibaly went to Moscow on a working visit.

He met with the Defence minister of the Russian federation Sergei Shoigu. They agreed to strengthen defense ties.

"Thank you for your prompt arrival in Russia to form an interagency delegation and your readiness to work to increase our cooperation in defense and economic fields," Shoigu said.

"Russian-Burkinabé relations are based solely on the principles of mutual respect and consideration of each other’s interests, and in recent years they have acquired positive dynamics," he added.

Kassoum Coulibaly hailed undergoing negotiations with Rusia and called them "a real practical phase".

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