The head of Mali’s junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic relations between the two countries in a telephone call.
During the call “at the initiative of the Malian side”, the two leaders paid “particular attention” to trade and economic relations, including the delivery of cereals, fertilizers and fuel by Russia to Mali, the Kremlin said in a press release.
Colonel Goïta “thanked Vladimir Putin for the humanitarian aid provided, as well as for the help given to ensure security, neutralize the terrorist threat and stabilize the situation” in his country.