The leader of the Central African Republic thanked Russia on Thursday for its security backing \u200band asked President Vladimir Putin to help the country \u200ctackle serious energy problems.<\/p>\n
President Faustin-Archange Touadera told Putin at talks in the Kremlin that Russia’s security presence had made possible the election in December that returned \u200bhim to office for a new seven-year term.<\/p>\n
Russia’s growing security \u200brole in parts of Africa is viewed with concern \u2060by the West and has come at the expense of France \u200band the United States. Russia’s Africa Corps, a paramilitary force that \u200bsucceeded the former Wagner mercenary group, is active in several countries including Mali, Equatorial Guinea and CAR.<\/p>\n
Touadera also thanked Putin for donating Russian grain and fuel, and \u200bsaid CAR was looking for further support.<\/p>\n
“Today, the Central African \u200bRepublic faces a major challenge in the field of energy, and the Russian Federation \u200chas \u2060a great deal of expertise in these matters,” he said at the start of their meeting.<\/p>\n
Putin said the two countries had good prospects to strengthen their ties in energy, agriculture and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Russia is working \u200bto increase its \u200binfluence and \u2060economic ties in Africa as part of a wider strategy to strengthen relationships with developing countries following \u200bits rupture with most of the West because of \u200bthe \u2060war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Touadera won the December vote in the chronically unstable CAR after campaigning on his security record and enlisting help from Rwandan soldiers \u2060as \u200bwell as Russia. The main opposition coalition \u200bboycotted the vote, saying it would be unfair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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