The three West African nations, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finally quit the Economic Commumity of West African States. ECOWAS and vowed to remain out as ties between them and Russia to the extent that Russian Government pledged getting them any weapons without restrictions.
The leader of Burkina Fasso,bMr Traore mentioned this in a video stating that his country, Niger, and Mali’s decision to exit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was final.
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger announced their immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS last Sunday in Ouagadougou, Bamako and Niamey on January 28, 2024.
In their joint statement the military regimes gave their reasons for taking the action.saying ECOWAS has deviated from the ideals of the founding fathers and pan-Africanism
Ibrahim Traore said the sanctions imposed on Niger Republic had no basis in any laws of ECOWAS.
“There are many putschists among them. So, it is not a question of putschists, it is just a mask. But they themselves have never respected their texts.
“The sanctions imposed on Niger do not exist anywhere in the text. So, the first to violate these texts are these so-called democrats.
“No, it is finished (We can’t go back to ECOWAS). With Russia, there is no equipment that we want to pay for with them that they don’t sell. Others place restrictions on us. Of course, they tell us we can buy any type of weapon.
“There are many countries: Russian, Chinese, Turkish, Korean and so on. There are no restrictions, with Iran, whatever we want. They will take stock, if we can pay, we pay
