06/10/2023
Russian and Burkinabe military strengthen their partnership.
(Ouagadougou, October 5, 2023).
A Russian delegation led by two Deputy Ministers of Defense of the federation of Russia, Colonel General Younous-Bek EVKOUROV and Mr. Timur Vadimovich Ivanov, spent on October 5 in the capital Burkinabe.
It was working meetings and sharing experiences between ministers on the one hand and between specific officials of the General Staffs of the Armies of the two countries on the other hand with the objective of strengthening the skills and capabilities of the National Armed Forces.
Major Colonel Kassoum COULIBALY Minister of State, Minister of Defense and Veterans, discussed with his guests of the day the strategic issues of cooperation and the different possibilities offered by the relations between the two countries in the logic of mutually beneficial cooperation. It concerns in particular the possibilities in the fields of operational, economic, logistics, technology, training...
Earlier in the morning, the Russian delegation was received at an audience by the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim TRAORE. During the exchanges, the two parties reaffirmed the strength of relations between our country and Russia.
Directorate of Communication of the Faso Presidency