Ouagadougou: The Burkinabè Minister of Defense, General Kassoum Coulibaly, the director of the external relations department of the Nigerien Ministry of Defense had a meeting with the Russian Minister of Defense, Andreï Belooussov during the Army 2024 forum , announced the Russian Ministry of Defense, reports Tass.

‘As part of the international military-technical forum Army 2024, working meetings took place between the Russian Minister of Defense, Andrei Belooussov, and the Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs of Burkina Faso, Kassoum Coulibaly, and the director of the department of external relations and military cooperation of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Niger, Colonel Hamadou Djibo Bartie.

During the meeting, the parties discussed promising areas of cooperation in the field of defense, as well as issues relating to strengthening security in West Africa,’ the Russian Defense Ministry was quoted as saying. by Tass.

The Army 2024 forum is held at the Patriot Convention and Exhib
ition Center where samples of weapons, military and special equipment are exhibited.

The TASS agency which provides the information is the general media partner of the Army 2024 forum.

Source : Burkina Information Agency