INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso after a gap of nearly 32 years, the West African nation's government and a Russian
diplomat said.The mission was closed in 1992
The Russian ambassador to Ivory Coast, Alexei Saltykov, said Russian President Vladimir Putin would name the new envoy.The Burkinabe foreign
ministry confirmed in a statement that "Russia formally reopened its embassy this Thursday in Ouagadougou."Saltykov said he would head the
mission in Burkina Faso until the new ambassador is named and described Burkina Faso as "an old partner with whom we have solid and friendly
to increase the energy supply to the Sahel country where less than a quarter of the population has access to electricity.
