Cooperating with France never met our expectations

Abdoulaye Diop insisted that any country seeking to cooperate with his nation must observe the principle of Mali’s sovereignty and respect its right to choose a partner it needs.


Mali rejected further cooperation with France as the bilateral ties no longer met its national interests, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said following talks with Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, on Tuesday.

"As for France, we have come to all the conclusions," he said. "This cooperation failed to meet the aspirations of the Malian people," he added.

According to Diop, "our goal is to foster our country’s autonomous and independent capability to defend Mali’s integrity, and today, we are quite capable of doing so."

The Malian foreign minister insisted that any country seeking to cooperate with his nation must observe the principle of Mali’s sovereignty and respect its right to choose a partner it needs.

"They should respect our interests, and this should be a sincere partnership that would not ignite any discord between any sections of our society," Diop underscored as he said this applied not only to France, but to "any other nation who would like to cooperate with us.".

https://tass.com/world/1572851




Mali 'will not make excuses' for choosing Russia as partner for cooperation


Mali's Foreign Minister stressed that Mali is acting taking into account, among other things, "the interests of the Malians themselves in all the decisions being made"

Mali won’t explain itself to anyone for choosing Russia as a partner for cooperation, the country’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said following talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday.

"We’ve decided to bolster our partnership together with Russia and thus showed that we will not make excuses for the choice of partner that we’ve made," he said. The Malian top diplomat noted that this decision was made by the Malians "with full responsibility."

"And Mali will work with Russia just like with other partners who will stand for the key principles outlined by interim President [of Mali Assimi Goita]," he pointed out, stressing that Mali is acting taking into account, among other things, "the interests of the Malians themselves in all the decisions being made."


https://tass.com/world/1572823



Mali seeks to strengthen economic ties with Russia


Mali wishes to improve its trade and economic ties with Russia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali Abdoulaye Diop said following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"We also aim to improve the economic aspect of our relationship. We support Moscow's move to expand ties with Bamako. The Moscow-Bamako relations must be reinforced," he said.

"We work together to strengthen trade and economic relations. We will develop a unique structure for organizing these long-term projects," the minister added.

According to Diop, Russia has made critical decisions to ensure Mali's access to grain, electricity, and fertilizers. "All of this will contribute to the comfort of our people," he continued. Mali's Foreign Minister also mentioned Russia’s interest in several Malian goods.

In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that deliveries of Russian wheat, fertilizers and petroleum products to Mali would start in the near future. "We are continuing humanitarian assistance to Mali, including, in the first place, through the bilateral line. I hope deliveries of wheat, fertilizers, petroleum products and other strategic goods will start in the near future," Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks with Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop.

"Our trade turnover is growing and fairly quickly - by twenty-odd percent last year. Still, absolute figures are not very impressive - this is our common assessment. We agree that mineral resources tapping, exploration, energy, transport and other infrastructure, and agriculture are promising spheres to apply our efforts," Lavrov said.


https://tass.com/economy/1572809

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"Little by little we managed to collect 8 million signatures" https://odysee.com/@RTDocumentary:4/Battle-for-Africa:9

Seun,
This could be classified as an error of judgment since you're not exactly daft (it takes some skills to succesfully build a forum like NL).
It's disappointing coming from you.
You're one of Nigeria's young intellectuals and you do have an influential reputation.
Please use your head.


France Never Met Our Expectations, Russia Is A Mutually Beneficial Partner
https://www.nairaland.com/7560477/france-never-met-expectations-russia#120741613


France Agrees To Withdraw From Former Colony
https://www.nairaland.com/7541196/france-agrees-withdraw-former-colony

Beautiful pictures of Libya under Gaddafi
https://www.nairaland.com/7565927/beautiful-pictures-libya-under-gaddafi

Seun, this is for you.

hayzed19:
It was not...they knew what Gadaffi want to do, that is why they need to end him... Same US-NATO wey dey cry for democracy in Libya, why not outcry for same in Saudi and Qatar

ParasiteWest:
There cannot be a right government until the West is put in their place. The interest of the West in developing countries is to make sure the developing countries remain impoverished so the citizens of those countries would find migration to the West for 'greener pastures' attractive where they're then exploited and exposed to modern day slavery. Their intent is to keep the West as a 'paradise' in the minds of the manipulated public. The West influenced the politics of Africa directly/indirectly. The right govt will get the 'Gaddafi treatment'

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Seun, Iraq is now developed and free like Saudi Arabia abi?
Is it as free and developed as Qatar?
What system of govt is practiced in Saudi Arabia and Qatar?
The Arab monarchy is categorized as "dictatorship" by the West that you worship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_of_Qatar

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia

hayzed19:
It was not...they knew what Gadaffi want to do, that is why they need to end him... Same US-NATO wey dey cry for democracy in Libya, why not outcry for same in Saudi and Qatar

The hereditary emir of Qatar (currently, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani) holds nearly all executive and legislative authority, as well as controlling the judiciary.
What are the three arms of govt? Executive, Legislative and the Judiciary.

The head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces of Russia is the president.
The head of govt is the prime minister who is appointed by the president after obtaining consent from elected legislators in the state Duma.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Duma

Lol. So a whole Seun actually thinks the West will come down to Nigeria and fight bandits (that are PROBABLY being sponsored by France)?

By the time they start establishing bases and killing us in hundreds as mere collateral damage, his eyes would open.

FoolishBoy419:
Lol. So a whole Seun actually thinks the West will come down to Nigeria and fight bandits (that are PROBABLY being sponsored by France)?

By the time they start establishing bases and killing us in hundreds as mere collateral damage, his eyes would open.

He's a human with his opinion(s)

Everyone should work with who they like.

Seun is entitled to his opinion and it is good we respect that.

I don't care about people's opinions about anything, the things am against are propaganda, misinformation etc.