After helping developing national liberation movements in Africa to get rid of traditional European colonialism that robbed countries of their wealth, Russia is currently working to help liberated countries rebuild their capabilities.
The persistent Russian efforts in this regard raised the concern of France, which lost its colonizers on the African continent, which prompted the French newspaper “Le Monde” to publish a report in which it talked about frequent visits by envoys of the General Command in eastern Libya, headed by the commander of the Libyan Arab Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who has close relations with… A document with Moscow, to the Sahel countries aims to strengthen their diplomatic relations: Burkina Faso, Chad and Niger, which also have good relations with Russia.
The newspaper said that the visit made by Saddam Haftar to the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, was not officially announced by the authorities in Burkina Faso nor in Benghazi, and it was his first since his father appointed him to the position of Chief of Staff of the Libyan National Army. It also led to a visit at the beginning of last June to N’Djamena to meet with General Mohamed Idris. Deby after his election as President of Chad last May.
The Chadian government is seeking close cooperation with Libya to limit rebel attacks, while neighboring Niger has been working to strengthen its ties with Benghazi since General Abderrahmane Tiani came to power almost a year ago, in order for the military junta to be able to deal with sporadic attacks carried out by rebel groups.
The newspaper believes that these moves are prompted by Russia, which supported the Nigerien government to expel French forces.
The French report claimed that the strong Russian presence in the Libyan scene is not an easy matter, but rather is part of a clearly defined logistical strategy to increase Moscow’s influence, at a time when the announced Russian moves outline the features of Russian activity to help these countries, which were destroyed by the West, in recovering from the effects of colonialism, invasion and plunder. Riches.
A significant increase in Russia’s revenues from oil and gas