MOSCOW, October 27 (HS/RIA Novosti) - The first meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Burkina Faso will be held in May 2027 in Russia’s Kazan, Russian Ambassador to Burkina Faso Igor Martynov told RIA Novosti.

In February, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Traore signed an agreement to establish an intergovernmental Russian-Burkinavian commission on trade, economic, scientific, and technical cooperation. The most promising areas of cooperation include geological exploration, mining, energy, and agriculture.

The first meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Burkina Faso will be held in Kazan in May 2027, Martynov said on the eve of the Russia-Africa summit.

The third Russia-Africa summit will be held in Moscow from October 28-29.

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