Ouagadougou: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov, on a friendship and working visit to Burkina Faso, was elevated ‘exceptionally’ to the rank of Commander of the Order of l’Etalon, this Wednesday at the Presidential Palace of Faso
Following an audience with the President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the Russian minister was promoted to Commander of the Order of the Stallion, the highest rank in the highest honorary distinction.
‘We had a very useful meeting with the President of Faso. The Head of State explained the measures taken by his government within the framework of the fight against terrorism and the restoration of state authority and territorial integrity,’ indicated the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs after his meeting with the Head of State.
According to him, development projects in the social and economic field were also at the center of discussions with Captain Traoré. Lavrof reaffirmed his country’s support for these various projects presented by the Head of State.
These projects are part of the agreements signed between presidents POUTINE and TRAORE at the Saint Petersburg summit in July 2023.
Cooperation in the mining sector, professional training, trade, agriculture and health were the subject of fruitful exchanges between the President of Faso and his host of the day. In the agricultural field, he announced his country’s contribution to the production of fertilizers and on the health level, the construction of a laboratory for the detection of infectious diseases.
‘We will also continue our cooperation and support in military and technical matters, and the delivery of weapons to increase the operational and combat capabilities of the army,’ added Sergei Lavrov.
The two parties confirmed their desire to strengthen their cooperation at the level of international organizations, particularly at the UN. It is with this in mind that Russia, according to Minister LAVROV, greatly appreciates the ‘objective and fair’ position of the Burkinabe president on the subject of t
he Ukrainian question.
‘For our part, we are ready to provide our support for the just cause of Africans who are trying to get rid of neocolonial influence,’ said the head of Russian diplomacy. He welcomed and expressed his country’s support for the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), created by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
The Russian diplomacy deployed by Lavrov made it possible to seal a strategic partnership between Burkina Faso and the Russian Federation, particularly in the fight against insecurity and against the dictatorship of the unipolar world but also in several key sectors of development.
Source: Burkina Information Agency