TSAMTO, June 26. The work of Russian instructors in the Central African Republic (CAR) will continue, now there are several hundred people in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RT.
"The CAR is one of those countries whose government, along with Mali, officially requested a private military company at the stage when both the CAR and Mali were abandoned by the French and other Europeans, curtailing the presence of anti–terrorist contingents there, closing their military bases there, which were designed to reinforce the fight against terrorism," – said the Russian minister.
"In these conditions, when they were left face to face with bandits, both the CAR and Mali turned to the private military company Wagner with a request to ensure the safety of their leadership. In addition to relations with this PMCs, the CAR and Mali have official contacts through their Governments with our leadership. At their request, several hundred servicemen are working in the CAR as instructors. This work, of course, will be continued," RIA Novosti quotes Sergey Lavrov.
