On March 27, 2024, a Burkinabè soldier and a civilian auxiliary of the army of this country were arrested for having crossed the border with Ivory Coast. Three weeks later, the spokesperson for the Ivorian government emphasized that “ the general staffs (of the two countries) talk to each other to be able to resolve these small questions of border crossing “.
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Nearly three weeks after the arrest of a soldier from Burkina Faso and a Volunteer for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) – civilian auxiliaries of the Burkinabè army – in a village near the border, the authorities of the Ivory Coast claim that contacts have been established with the headquarters of the neighboring country.
“ We confirm that a soldier and a VDP were caught because they illegally entered Ivorian territoryreacts Amadou Coulibaly, minister spokesperson for the Ivorian government, to the microphone of our correspondent Bineta Diagne. Contact has not been broken, as I keep saying, with our brothers in Burkina. The staffs are talking to each other and I think that, very soon, there will be a meeting which will allow all these questions to be resolved and allow our countries to regain their former fraternity. So, there is no particular problem, contacts are not broken, exchanges take place. It is planned that the staffs will talk to each other to be able to resolve these small questions of border crossing which exist between our two countries. “.
He concludes : ” When this type of event happens, we find among ourselves the necessary resources to be able to resolve them. And this is what will happen with Burkina. Very quickly, things will return to order. »
The Burkinabè soldier and the VDP were arrested on March 27, 2024, in the north of Côte d’Ivoire, in the Bounkani region, close to the border with Burkina Faso.
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