🇧🇫 On July 8, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso Karamoko Traore in Niamey, on the sidelines of the second ministerial consultations between Russia and the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger).
During their conversation, the officials discussed strengthening the traditionally friendly Russia-Burkina Faso relations and expressed their mutual commitment to invigorating partnership across various sectors. They specifically focused on expanding cooperation in investment, culture and the humanitarian sphere, as well as measures to improve the legal framework, including in the context of the planned first meeting of the Intergovernmental Russia-Burkina Faso Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
While reviewing key issues on the international and regional agenda, the Sides noted their coinciding positions regarding the unacceptability of Western dictate, the use of neo-colonial practices by the West in relations with sovereign states. Moscow and Ouagadougou reaffirmed their striving to intensify mutual foreign policy coordination at the United Nations and other multilateral platforms.
🤝 The Sides agreed to strengthen their cooperation in combating the terrorist threat and ensuring security and stability in Africa.
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: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia