“We are not enemies” of the “French people” – Captain Traoré

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Following a coup d’état, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the interim president, declared that Burkina Faso is not a “enemy” of the “French people” in an interview that was aired Wednesday night on Radio Télévision du Burkina (RTB, public).

“We are not enemies with the French people, it is the policy of those who run France which poses a problem in Africa, so as long as a State is not in an imperialist spirit (…) there is no problem,” he said in this interview recorded on August 31.

“We must agree to look at each other as equals” and “we must agree to review all of our cooperation,” he added. Without naming it, he criticized France for having “given independence” and “placed people” at “the head of certain states”.

According to him, “we have led people to sign a lot of agreements (…) which prevent us from developing”, adding that “imperialist states are not just France, there are others” he said without quoting them.

The captain who overthrew the government over a year ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, questioned the efficiency of French troops stationed in Burkina Faso as part of the war against jihadists and requested their leave in January.

Burkina has since been seeking new cooperation. “We have new partners who support us in terms of equipment and other things,” he added, without naming them.

Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olivia Rouamba, expressed her country’s desire to “strengthen bilateral cooperation” with Iran on Monday during an interview in Tehran with President Ebrahim Raïssi.

Olivia Rouamba

Last week in Ouagadougou, a Russian group spoke with Mr. Traoré about military and development issues, and Captain Traoré visited Saint Petersburg in July for the Russia-Africa summit.

He underlined his nation’s support for Niger, which was the scene of a coup d’état on July 26 and shares the so-called “three borders” region with Burkina, which is regarded as a haven for jihadist organizations.

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