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Central African Republic
Touadéra nurtures Moscow relations ahead of ministerial talks

The CAR foreign minister is due in Sochi in the second week of November. [...]

Published on 10/10/2024 at 04:40 GMT

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Faustin-Archange Touadera
Hemeti
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Rapid Support Forces
Sergey Lavrov
Sochi
Sudanese Armed Forces
Sylvie Baipo-Temon
Wagner

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Vladimir Putin meets with Chad's Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 24, 2024.

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Spotlight | Central African Republic
President Touadéra seeks to build pro-Western foreign policy to loosen Wagner's grip

In light of the Russian paramilitary group's growing power in the country, Central African leader Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been working on improving relations with Washington. He is getting help from his Rwandan counterpart and main ally, Paul Kagame.

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President Faustin-Archange Touadéra during peace talks between the South Sudan government and rebel groups in Nairobi on 9 May 2024.

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Faustin-Archange Touadéra to meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris again

The Central African Republic president will hold talks with his French counterpart at the Elysée Palace in mid-April. They are expected to sign off on a roadmap for restoring bilateral relations.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra at the Élysée Palace in Paris, on 22 June 2023.

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Wagner prioritises provinces over Bangui

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Between Wagner and Bancroft, Touadéra's tricky security situation

In the hope of reducing Moscow's influence, Faustin-Archange Touadéra is seeking to renew ties with Western partners. This delicate diplomatic shift has resulted in an agreement with the US private military company Bancroft, the details of which Africa Intelligence can now reveal.

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The agenda for Touadéra and Macron's Paris meeting

Faustin-Archange Touadéra and Emmanuel Macron are set to meet in Paris on 13 September, with Gabon and security issues expected to be among the issues on the agenda.

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The French President, Emmanuel Macron, and the Central African President,
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, in June 2023, in Paris.

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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
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Sergey Lavrov
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