MOSCOW, September 29 Russia will help students from Burkina Faso , which fell under French sanctions, reported the press service of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
The ministry explained that one of the topics of the meeting between Deputy Head of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Konstantin Mogilevsky and the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso Ajim Tiombiano was a diplomatic precedent: in As a unilateral restrictive measure, France has stopped issuing visas to citizens of Burkina Faso, including students already enrolled in French universities.
“The position of France proves that the Burkinabe authorities made the absolutely correct decision to seek full sovereignty. The Russian Ministry of Education and Science will certainly act as your strategic partner in this situation and will provide assistance to Burkinabe students who find themselves in a difficult situation. Russia will act as a friend,” Mogilevsky said, in his words are given in the message.
In turn, the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso, Adjim Thiombiano, noted that the consequence of France’s sanctions policy was the deprivation of Burkinabe students from the opportunity to begin or continue their studies at French universities and asked for help in reorienting students to receive Russian education.
The Russian ministry emphasized that the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Valery Falkov has already instructed to study Burkina Faso’s request and take comprehensive measures to ensure the opportunity for Burkinabe students to receive education in Russia.
A large-scale reform of the education system is planned in Burkina Faso, Minister Ajim Tiombiano emphasized that the experience of the Russian side in this area is extremely important for Ouagadougou, in this regard, he voiced a request to provide advisory assistance in carrying out this reform in order to take into account all important aspects of the formation of educational policy, the press service of the ministry added.
«Along with With this, the parties agreed to translate the dialogue on other aspects into a practical direction: to continue work on an intergovernmental agreement on mutual recognition of education and to increase academic mobility. The partners also expressed interest in joining the Russian-African Network University project, the ministry concluded.< br>