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Apparent thaw in relations

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    A visit to Ouagadougou this week by an Angolan delegation led by the speaker of parliament, Roberto Antonio Victor Francisco de Almeida, appeared to mark a thaw in relations between Angola and Burkina Faso.

    “There is a new sentiment and new wishes for the two countries to move forward and have better relations,’’ he said at a news conference on Thursday after meeting President Blaise Compaore.

    De Almeida said the message he bore for Compaore from Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos was that the Angolan government was “ready to resume brotherly relations and good cooperation between the two countries.”

    Relations between Luanda and Ouagadougou soured when the Angolan government, and later a UN panel, accused Burkina Faso of accepting “bloody diamonds” from the rebel Uniao Nacional de Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) in exchange for illegal arms and fuel shipments.

    Burkina Faso has denied violating the sanctions but says it has taken measures to ensure that no UNITA officials operate on its territory.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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