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Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot welcomed Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore in Brussels.

In a statement on social media regarding the meeting, Prevot expressed his pleasure at meeting his counterpart following his visit to Burkina Faso.

Prevot stated that Belgium and Burkina Faso have maintained cooperation based on mutual trust for decades, emphasizing the importance of providing concrete responses to the needs of communities facing challenges in security, health and economic affairs.

Prevot announced that a new cooperation program would be developed jointly with Burkina Faso to achieve this objective.

Prevot also noted that the meeting addressed the importance of reestablishing dialogue between the Sahel and Europe. He acknowledged that the parties do not agree on every issue but stressed that open, honest, mutually respectful dialogue, free from taboos, becomes even more important during periods of disagreement.