Burkina Faso–Spain relations

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Burkina Faso–Spain relations
Map indicating locations of Burkina Faso and Spain

Burkina Faso
Spain

Burkina Faso–Spain relations are the bilateral and

diplomatic relations between these two countries. Burkina Faso does not have an embassy in Spain, but its embassy in Paris, France, is accredited to Spain.[1] and consulates in Almería, Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia.[2] Spain has no embassy in Burkina Faso, but its embassy in Abidjan, Ivory Coast is accredited to Burkina Faso, and a consulate in Ouagadougou.[3]

History

Spain and Burkina Faso established diplomatic relations on 27 November 1964.[4]

The main interest of Spain in Burkina Faso (otherwise a country under strong French geopolitical influence) primarily lies on migration issues, owing to the immigrants arrived to the mediterranean coast coming from Burkina.[5]

The Burkinabé government was a key actor in the multiparty negotiations to liberate a group of 3 Spanish development workers kidnapped in Mauritania in November 2010.[5]

The Government of Spain condemned alongside France's the

September 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état that sought to overthrow transitional Burkinabé president Michel Kafando.[6]

In October 2020, the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya communicated the Burkina Faso's president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré the Spanish commitment to the security, fight against terrorism and irregular migration and the promotion of economic and social development in the Sahel.[7]

In the wake of the killing of the Spanish journalists David Beriáin and Roberto Fraile in southeastern Burkina Faso in April 2021, the Spanish foreign minister demanded her Burkinabé counterpart that the Government of Burkina Faso "investigated" and "clarified" the murder.[8]

The Spanish

French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri, and the Portuguese National Republican Guard, training elite counter-terrorist units in Burkina Faso following the GAR model.[10] As of 2021, the Spanish armed forces also trained and advised Burkinabé forces in Ouagadougou as part of the EU mission in the Sahel.[11]

Cooperation

Burkina Faso has not traditionally been a country of cooperation for Spain, nor does it appear in the current Master Plan for Spanish Cooperation (2013–2016) as a country of association.[12]

Diplomatic missions

The Spanish Embassy in Abidjan deals, under a multiple accreditation regime, with bilateral relations with Burkina Faso. There is an honorary vice consulate of Spain in Ouagadougou.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ List of foreign embassies in Spain Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "List of foreign consulates in Spain" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ^ Ficha de Burkina Faso Office of Diplomatic Information. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Spanish Representation Data.
  4. ^ a b Ficha de Burkina Faso Office of Diplomatic Information. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Diplomatic relations.
  5. ^
    ISSN 2530-125X
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  6. ^ "Francia y España piden la "liberación inmediata" del presidente de Burkina Faso". Ecodiario. El Economista. 17 September 2015.
  7. Europa Press
    . 23 October 2020.
  8. ^ Alfonso, Miguel Ángel; Alonso, María Eugenia (29 April 2021). "Exteriores exige a Burkina Faso que "esclarezca" el asesinato de los periodistas españoles". El Correo.
  9. ISSN 1989-6565
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  10. ^ López, Xaquín (4 July 2021). "El terrorismo yihadista se enquista en Burkina Faso". El País.
  11. ABC
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  12. ^ Ficha de Burkina Faso Office of Diplomatic Information. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Section: Cooperation.
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