Mali. City of Bamako. File photoMOSCOW, May 20.Mali expects to continue receiving support from Russia in order to defeat terrorism and establish peace in the country, Mali Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said. Russia in order to counter the threat of terrorism and establish peace in our country, as well as strengthen relations between Africa and Russia,» he said before the start of negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Russia will support Mali in the fight against terrorism, Lavrov said. In addition, the Foreign Minister of Mali noted that his country stands for the multipolarity of the world and the resolution of conflicts through dialogue. multi-party, and we stand for all conflicts to be resolved peacefully, through dialogue. We believe that this is the key to success,» Diop added. On Friday, at the beginning of the meeting with Diop, Lavrov said that Russia would continue to support Mali on the issue of combating terrorism. 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.
