Disappearance of President Raïssi: Burkina loses ‘a reliable ally and invaluable support’, PM

Ouagadougou: The Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Me Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambèla, on Monday welcomed the memoirs of Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi and his companions, calling them reliable allies and invaluable supporters of the Transition.

‘Burkina Faso has just lost friends, reliable allies and invaluable supporters of the cause of the Transition’, wrote Monday afternoon, Prime Minister Me Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambèla in the book of condolences opened at the embassy from Iran to Ouagadougou.

The head of the Burkinabe executive reacted following the loss, on Sunday, in a helicopter crash, of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raïssi, his Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian and other Iranian officials

‘I salute the memory of leaders attached to the sovereignty of Iran and the construction of a multipolar world respectful of the interests of all Nations,’ added Me Apollinaire Kyelem of Tambèla.

He also expressed, on behalf of the Burkinabè people, his compassion and
sincere condolences to the families of the illustrious deceased, to the government and to the entire Iranian people.

Source: Burkina Information Agency