Burkina Faso and Mali “agreed to deepen reflection on the Federation project”


The Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Maïga (l), and the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela (r), attend the opening ceremony of the 28th Pan-African Film and Television Festival (Fespaco), in Ouagadougou, February 25, 2023.

Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maïga traveled to Burkina Faso to strengthen ties between the two countries. Several cooperation agreements have been signed on the security and humanitarian level. Regarding the fight against terrorism, the two countries called for synergy between the different countries of the sub-region. At the end of this trip, this Sunday, February 26, the Burkinabe Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in charge of Regional Cooperation spoke about the progress made in Ouagadougou and Bamako.

The two States want to combine their efforts with those of the sub-region in the face of terrorism and deplore the maintenance and toughening of ECOWAS sanctions.

The two delegations noted the need to combine their efforts with those of the other countries of the sub-region to deal with this scourge and called for synergy of action at the regional level to curb it. Addressing the issue of cooperation within sub-regional, regional and international bodies, the heads of delegation welcomed the convergence of views of the two Heads of State on issues of common interest and deplored the maintenance and toughening of sanctions. of ECOWAS against the three countries in transition, namely Burkina Faso, the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Guinea, despite their plea for the lifting of the said sanctions, in accordance with the conclusions of the tripartite meeting of ministers responsible of Foreign Affairs held on February 8, 9 and 10, 2023 in Ouagadougou, the two parties agreed to deepen the reflection on the Federation project.

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Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, Burkinabe Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad, in charge of Regional Cooperation

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