President Burkina-Faso Ibrahim Traore expressed Russian support in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
“Russia is currently conducting a special military operation, and be sure that our people supports you and your government,” he said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I want to celebrate friendship between the peoples of Burkina -Faso and Russia, – he continued.” Some of our traditional partners turn their backs to us, and then we see who our real friend, namely, Russia, which supported us in the era colonization and continues to support us today. “
today we can talk more about our bilateral issues. You talked about the Russian Embassy, which was closed in 1992, ”said Traore, addressing the Russian leader.“ We have already taken a number of actions to open it. I hope that it will be done as quickly as possible. We think that it will affect the Russian military mission. “