Ivory Coast–Russia relations
Bilateral relations
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Ivory Coast–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-ивуарские отношения) are the bilateral relations between Ivory Coast and Russia. Russia works on UN missions to help the people of Ivory Coast.[citation needed] The help is sometimes provided from the Russian embassy in Abidjan, but is also done from the embassy in Accra, Ghana.[citation needed] From these point of view, Russia regarded the outcome of the extraordinary summit held in Dakar, Senegal, of the Economic Community for West African States.[clarification needed]
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History
After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the relations between the two countries became strong and friendly.[citation needed] Ever since Russia has sent UN missions to the country, the relations got even stronger.[citation needed] There was however a feud[clarification needed] in the relations when un-cut diamonds were brought to Russia by Ivory Coast.[citation needed] This calls for a decree that Ivory Coast has just committed human rights violations and financial sanctions against individuals.[clarification needed][citation needed] The decree is a symbolic move for Russia, which is known for its highly secretive diamond trade, making it a popular destination for "conflict diamonds" from war-torn countries such as the Ivory Coast and Liberia.[citation needed] Russia has played its part in the fight against conflict diamonds by chairing the Kimberly Process until Botswana took over the chairmanship in January 2006, and is currently[when?] the chair of the Kimberley Process Participation Committee.[citation needed]
See also
External links
- (in Russian) Documents on the Côte d'Ivoire – Russia relationship from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- (in French) Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Moscow Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine