Burkina Faso–Turkey relations

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Burkina Faso–Turkey relations

Burkina Faso	Turkey
Diplomatic mission
Burkina Faso’s Embassy, Ankara	Turkish Embassy, Ouagadougou
Envoy
Ambassador Brahima Sere[1]	Ambassador Ahmet Asım Arar[2]

Burkina Faso–Turkey relations are the foreign

. Turkey and Burkina Faso enjoy strong and friendly bilateral relations.[3] Bilateral relations gained momentum after the opening of the Turkish Embassy in Ouagadougou and the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Ankara in 2012 and in 2014 respectively.^[4]

Burkina Faso and Turkey are both members of the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the World Trade Organization.

Presidential Visits

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
President Blaise Compaoré	President Abdullah Gül	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	August 12-21, 2008[2]
President Blaise Compaoré	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	August 28, 2014[2]
President Blaise Compaoré	Deputy speaker of the parliament Meral Akşener	Çankaya Köşkü, Ankara	October 31, 2014[2]
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	OIC Summit, Istanbul	April 10-15, 2016[2]
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Presidential Complex, Ankara	April 9-11, 2019[2]

Economic Relations

• Burkina Faso receives preferential trade benefits as a result of the trade and investment framework agreements in the Second Session of the Joint Economic Commission in Ouagadougou on October 2-3, 2019.^{[citation needed]}
• Trade volume between the two countries was 52.2 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 31.4/20.8 million USD).^{[citation needed]}
• Turkish development assistance to Burkina Faso through TIKA and the Turkish Red Crescent focuses on increasing food security and improving education.^[2]
• There are direct flights from Istanbul to Ouagadougou with a frequency of 4 times a week since 2012.^[2]

Educational Relations

Turkey awards scholarships to Burkinabe citizens.^[3]

Military Relations

• Turkey and Burkina Faso engage in a number of military training and exchange programs through the G5 Sahel Joint Force, to which Turkey has pledged 5 million USD in order to contribute to regional peace and stability in the Sahel.^[2]
• Turkey export unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Burkina Faso.^[5][6]

See also

• Foreign relations of Burkina Faso
• Foreign relations of Turkey

References