Abidjan – Burkina Faso’s Foreign, Minister Alpha Barry, said his country would cooperate with Cote d’Ivoire in the fight against terrorism.
He said on Tuesday during his visit Cote d’Ivoire that both countries had agreed to unite their efforts in the fight against terrorism.
Barry said that both countries would also reinforce their bilateral relations.
The foreign minister said that he had discussed with Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara about insecurity issues that both countries were exposed to.
Barry thanked Cote d’Ivoire for last week’s extradition of a soldier who took part in last year’s failed coup attempt in Burkina Faso.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
Deputy Commander Moussa Nebie, a member of the defunct Presidential Security Regiment, was extradited together with Burkinabe nationals Abdoul Karim Sawadogo and Ali Kone, who fled to Cote d’Ivoire after the failed coup attempt on Sept. 16, 2015.
Ouattara said that Cote d’Ivoire was fully engaged in the fight against terrorism and that his country would continue working with friendly countries to end the scourge. (Xinhua/NAN)