🌍 On September 24, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Confederation of Sahel States (#AES) in New York on the sidelines of the High-Level Week of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly:

🇧🇫 Foreign Minister of #BurkinaFaso Karamoko Traore;
🇲🇱 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of #Mali Abdoulaye Diop;
🇳🇪 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Nigeriens Abroad of the Republic of #Niger Bakary Yaou Sangare.

👉 Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks

The Sides discussed a wide range of issues in priority areas of political, economic, financial, transport, logistics and information cooperation within the Russia-AES dialogue, with a view to preparing for and holding the events of the Third Russia-Africa Summit, scheduled for October 28–29 in Moscow.

They held a frank exchange of views on the situation in the Sahara-Sahel region and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening foreign policy coordination at the UN and other international platforms.

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