Mali wanted to improve economic relations with Russia

Mari hoped to upgrade economic relations with Russia to political ones

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Mali hopes to upgrade economic and trade relations with Russia to political ones. This statement was made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic, Abdoulaye Diop, in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Also, he said, Mali’s goal is to increase relations between states to the level of cooperation in the military and security spheres.

Diop added that his country wants to strengthen its partnership with Russia to transition to a win-win cooperation for both countries.

It became known earlier that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on March 1-2. There he will take part in the Anatolian Diplomatic Forum.