Kazan Summit 2016: the number of high-ranking guests is growing every day

Lot of changes occurs daily around “Kazan Summit 2016”. Thus, by April 7 13 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassadors in Russia announced their participation. The ambassador of such an exotic country like Burkina Faso Mr. Antoine Somda is among them.

This country is situated in West Africa and has an area of ​​274.2 thousand sq.km. However, for more than 50 years it is a member of the UN and an associate member of the European Union. The country carried out major reforms and improvement of EU legislation. In exchange Associate Member receives duty-free access to EU markets, financial and economic assistance. The volume of import amounted in $ 2.5 bln in 2015, which is very close to the volume of export - $ 2.2 bln. Tons. Gold and cotton are basically exported (mostly to China and Singapore), oil, food and means of production are imported (mostly from France).

Burkina Faso is a republic, 60% of population are Muslims, so the interest in the "Russia - Islamic World" summit of the state is rather keen. Remarkably, Burkina Faso is roughly translated as “a land of honest men”.