Ouagadougou: The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim TRAORE, met yesterday Tuesday, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Iounous-Bek Bamatguireïevitch Evkourov, on related subjects with the fight against terrorism and security.
‘Military cooperation and the fight against terrorism were at the center of exchanges between the Head of State and his host,’ said the communications service of the Faso presidency.
The stay of the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in Burkina Faso is part of the friendship and working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, accompanied by a strong delegation in our country.
Promoted to Deputy Minister of Defense in 2019, Evkurov is an officer known for his courage and heroism, notably in the Kosovo War in 2000. He survived a bomb attack in 2009.
Before his arrival in Burkina, he was received by the Nigerien authorities around cooperation in the fields of defense, the fight against cybe
rcrime, and even mines and energy.
Source: Burkina Information Agency