Benin President Patrice Talon said African countries have the right to use the services of private military companies, including PMC Wagner, to ensure their own security. He said this in an interview with the French television channel LCI. TASS.
“If PMC Wagner’s mission is solely about ensuring the security of the country, African states that do not have their own personnel to perform such tasks have the right to resort to the services of a private military company,” he said.
Talon also noted that Wagner is a private company that provides security services, and that this is “not something to blame”. He also remembered that there were similar PMCs in the United States, for example.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, entrepreneur and founder of Wagner PMC, on February 8, when the services of the warriors of his company were no longer needed, will leave to Africa.
Ned Price, formerly head of the US State Department’s press service, said that US authorities to cooperate With representatives of different countries to oppose Wagner PMC.
Prior to this, United States officials anxious expansion of the private military company Wagner’s activities in Europe and Africa.