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Russia and West Africa’s Burkina Faso are discussing plans to launch direct flights between their respective capitals—Moscow and Ouagadougou—aimed at boosting tourism, according to Aristide Tapsoba, the Burkina Faso Ambassador to Russia. Tapsoba made the comments at Technoprom 2025, the ongoing international forum on technological development, in Novosibirsk.
Tapsoba added, “We already have a Russian company that wants to launch direct flights between Ouagadougou and Moscow and between the capitals of Mali and Niger and Moscow. This is currently being discussed.”
He highlighted growing cooperation between Ouagadougou and Moscow in tourism and culture, noting that exchanges are already under way. He said a Burkinabe delegation of over 500 people is due to travel to St. Petersburg in October to work in the fields of tourism and the economy.
More than 500 Russians have also visited Burkina Faso since the beginning of 2025; some attended the Festival of Cinema and Television of African Countries in Ouagadougou, where a Russian symphony orchestra performed.
Russia has increased cooperation with several African nations across multiple sectors—including aviation, road, rail, and maritime transport—after declaring the development of mutually beneficial partnerships with the continent a foreign policy priority.
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