Central African Republic (CAR) Ambassador to the Russian Federation Leon Dodonu-Punagaza said they want to see a Russian military base in his country. He said this in an interview with the newspaper. “News”.
In the Central African Republic, it is claimed that this could be a base where 5 to 10 thousand soldiers can be placed.
In a chat, Dodonu-Punagaza explained that the OAC asked this when OAC parliament speaker Simplis Sarangi arrived in Russia.
Even in his first meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Dodonu-Punagaza told him about the positive attitude of the Central African Republic towards the presence of Russian military instructors. According to the diplomat, the Central African Republic was the first country in the African continent to oppose the military presence of France on its territory.
“Our country was the first in Africa to resist the French,” Dodonu-Punagaza said in a conversation with journalists.
On April 24, the OAC ambassador of Russia spent Working meeting with the Minister of Justice. Within the scope of the talks, the authorities, in May, St. On the eve of the international law forum to be held in St. Petersburg, they discussed the possibilities of bilateral cooperation.