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Burkina Faso asked France troops to quit, diplomatic note confirms

Burkina Faso asked France troops to quit, diplomatic note confirms

PARIS: Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter from the authorities there to Paris obtained by AFP Sunday.President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Paris was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso after the African country's military regime said it wanted French troops to leave within a month.Macron urged “a lot of prudence”, saying there was “great confusion” over the remarks reported in the media and said military junta leader Ibrahim Traore needed to take a public stance.“We are waiting for clarifications on the part of Mr Traore,“ he told reporters.The foreign ministry letter, dated last Wednesday, ends the 2018 agreement under which French troops were stationed there, and sets a deadline of a month for their departure.AFP obtained the letter from a Burkinabe diplomatic source, who was not able to say whether or not France had acknowledged reception of the letter.Asked about the letter, the French president’

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