This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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Military experts from the Alliance des States du Sahel (AES), which brings together Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, have been gathered since Tuesday in Ouagadougou, to discuss the strengthening of security cooperation within the block, in particular the establishment of a joint force, the Burkinabè army said on Thursday.
During this meeting, the experts in these three OuestAfricans countries assess the joint and in progress operations, and examine the practical methods for the establishment of the joint force of the AES, in accordance with the will of the three heads of states, adds the same source.
On this occasion, the chief of the deputy general general of the Burkinabè armies, Colonel Théophile Nikièma, quoted by the media, stressed that the implementation of this force would be the most visible and speaking tool of the sovereignty of the AES.
On January 21, the Nigerian part had already announced the creation of a unified military force of 5,000 men as part of the AES
The three countries that have left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to meet in the Alliance of the Sahel States had also set up a common customs right of 0.5% on imports from non -members of their Confederation.
In January 2024, the three countries announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS, accusing it, among other things, of not having helped them enough in the fight against terrorist violence. A decision that took effect a year later, on January 29.
