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 relations between Burkina Faso and Turkey. 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[edit]

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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Turkey awards scholarships to Burkinabe citizens.^[3]

Military Relations[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Foreign relations of Burkina Faso
• Foreign relations of Turkey

References[edit]