In Burkina Faso, Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela faced the deputies this Saturday for his general policy statement. While thanking certain neighboring partners for having facilitated the acquisition of equipment for the armed forces, the Prime Minister castigated the behavior of other partners, without mentioning them.
With our correspondent in Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
Facing the deputies, Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, the head of government, pointed the finger at the behavior of certain friends of the Burkina Faso on a military level. And he believes it is time to move on to diversifying partnerships.
” How can countries, which have control of space with modern means of detection, not, if they are our true friends, give us the necessary information on the actions and movements of terrorists? “, he was indignant. And to add: We try, as much as possible, to diversify our partnerships. But there will be no question of letting ourselves be dominated by a partner, whoever he is. “.
” We expect each of our partners to be loyal. We believe, perhaps wrongly, that some partners have not always been loyal »
Burkinabé Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela
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Many deputies dwelt on the strategy of reconquering localities under the control of armed terrorist groups and the content of the defense agreements between Burkina Faso and its partners. ” What should be heard in “diversification of partners” and what form will it take? asks an elected official. ” Today, after diagnosis, to win the war, should Burkina Faso continue within the joint force of the G5 Sahel? asks another.
According to the head of government, Burkina Faso does not feel aggrieved in the implementation of the current defense agreements. ” In the current state, there is not a partner who can say that he bullies us in our partnership relations. Updates have already been made to some. And in the relationships that we are going to engage with new partners, this will be at the center of our concerns. “.
Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela assures that a in-depth reorganization of the army is underway and land and air combat assets have been acquired through the facilitation of some neighbors.
During this presentation of his roadmap, the head of government also highlighted, in addition to the fight against terrorism and the reconquest of the national territory, his projects for agricultural, health, educational and social policy.