Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 20.Cooperation between the Russian Federation and Mali in the military-technical and political spheres is at a good level, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said. «Now there is a good level of political cooperation between our countries, in the field security, our cooperation is also bearing fruit and tangible results. And our task today is to strengthen economic and trade cooperation,» Diop said during his opening speech before the talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russia will support Mali in the fight against terrorism, Lavrov saidThe visit of Malian Foreign Minister to Russia takes place against the backdrop of an attempted military coup in an African country. Earlier, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization of Mali said that the military, supported by the «Western state», attempted a coup d'état in Mali on the night of May 11-12, but the country's defense and security forces managed to stop it. The previous visit of the Malian Foreign Minister to Russia took place in November 2021. Then the minister held talks with his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov and told him about the need to strengthen cooperation between Bamako and Moscow.
