Monitoring Desk
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO: Burkina Faso said on Sunday that operations by the French troops in African country were officially over, following bilateral ties fermented in recent months.
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Burkina’s military said in a statement that senior officials from French army and Burkinabe in the African nation held a flag-lowering ceremony to mark the occasion at a camp near the capital on Saturday.
In January, France had confirmed that it would withdraw its troops stationed in Burkina Faso, following the rulers demanded the force pull out within a month.
The demand came days following Burkina’s PM Apollinaire Kyelem de Tembela declared Moscow to be a “reasonable” choice of new ally in war against terrorism.
However, the African country’s spokesperson said that this does not mean the end of diplomatic ties between France and Burkina Faso.
