Mali’s military rulers took delivery on Thursday of more aircraft from Russia, now its main military and political ally, as well as drones from Türkiye, according to an AFP correspondent, APA reports.
Mali’s air force chief, General Alou Boi Diarra, said he had received around 20 aircraft and a dozen drones at a ceremony attended by the head of the country’s junta, Colonel Assimi Goita, as well as Russian and Turkish diplomats.
AFP counted five planes and four drones on the tarmac of Bamako airport.
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