The Burkinabe foreign ministry
confirmed in a statement that “Russia formally reopened its embassy this
Thursday in Ouagadougou.”
Russia’s ambassador to Ivory
Coast, Alexei Saltykov, said he would head the mission in Burkina Faso until
the new ambassador is named and described Burkina Faso as “an old partner with
whom we have solid and friendly ties.
“Despite our physical absence
here, bilateral cooperation in the political and economic fields have never
ceased,” he said.
Burkina Faso has gone through
military coups in the last year both triggered in part by discontent at failures
to stem an insurgency.
Since coming to power in
September 2022, the ruling junta has distanced itself from France, its historic
partner, and moved closer to Russia.
In October, Burkina Faso signed
a deal with Russia for the construction of a nuclear power plant to increase
the energy supply to the Sahel country where less than a quarter of the
population has access to electricity.
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