Russian foreign minister arrives in Burkina Faso
- World
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 01:13 | 05 June 2024
- Modified Date: 01:17 | 05 June 2024
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived Tuesday in the West African country of Burkina Faso, according to the Foreign Ministry.
It said the visit to Ougadougou was part of Lavrov's African diplomatic tour where he is expected to meet Burkinabe political leadership in the capital.
A meeting with Foreign Minister Jean-Marie Traore will be the first in a series of meetings, it said.
Burkina Faso is the third country on Lavrov's African tour after he visited Guinea and the Republic of the Congo.
- Russian foreign minister says developing security cooperation with Chad
- UN investigative team in Iraq digitalized 18 million pages of Daesh documents
- Putin says Russia could use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or territory was under threat
- UN protests harassment of international civil servants, International Criminal Court
- Putin says Israeli actions in Gaza 'total destruction of civilian population'