Published on 04/10/2024
The West African nation of Mali and Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom have signed a memorandum on the development of peaceful nuclear infrastructure, the company announced in July.
Mali appreciates the prompt delivery of military equipment purchased from Russia as it helps to protect the country, Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop told media on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
“We do appreciate the swiftness of the provision of all the military equipment that Mali is purchasing and all the support that we are receiving from Russia to be able to capacitate [our armed forces] because our main objective is to make sure that Malians have the capacity to protect and defend their country,” Diop said.
Mali is “very much interested” in defense industry cooperation with Russia, the minister added.
