The denunciation of the agreement which links Paris to Ouagadougou leaves “a month” to France to withdraw his forces, explained Jean-Emmanuel Ouédraogo. But “this is not the end of diplomatic relations,” he said.
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The government of Burkina Faso ended, Monday, January 23, several hours of uncertainty. The spokesman for the Burkinabé government confirmed that the withdrawal of French troops, within one month, had been requested
“What we denounce is the agreement that allows French forces to be present in Burkina Faso. It is not the end of diplomatic relations between Burkina Faso and France,” said Jean-Emmanuel Ouédraogo, in an interview on Burkina (RTB).
“The French forces are based in Ouagadougou at the request of Burkina Faso and its authorities. This denunciation is in the normal order of things, it is provided in terms of the military agreement”, it He continued, indicating that the denunciation of the agreements left “one month to the other party to access this request”. Burkina is currently hosting a contingent of nearly 400 French special forces, the Saber Force. 2>
About 400 soldiers
Saturday, the Burkina Information Agency had disseminated a dispatch claiming that Burkina Faso had “denounced” the defense agreement which organizes military cooperation with France on its territory, and which conditions, in particular, Presence of several hundred soldiers from French special forces. But the French president Emmanuel Macron had called on Sunday to “prudence” and said “to wait until the transitional president [ibrahim] traoré could express himself”.
“At the current stadium we do not see how to do clearer than that,” said Mr. Ouédraogo.
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