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This is information that has been circulating lately in international media, which have had access to internal American documents.
According to these media, Washington would have offered to the Central African authorities to train its army and increase its humanitarian aid in exchange for the dismissal of Wagner’s troops from the country. Washington is said to have given this proposal – in the form of a memo – to President Touadéra during the United States-Africa summit last December in Washington.
Information refuted in recent days. For Bangui, this is false information. ” People talk a lot about what they don’t know “, reacted the Central African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sylvie Baïpo-Temon. She acknowledges, however, that there are discussions, an established relationship of cooperation with Washington, adding that she has been working cordially, and for some time, with the United States, where she has also visited on several occasions in recent years. month.
” I didn’t get a memo reacted for his part the spokesperson for the presidency, Albert Yaloke Mokpeme, who sees it as a smear campaign against the Central African Republic. He recalls that the American ambassador in Bangui herself denied the information.
United States “ respect the sovereignty of the CAR writes the US Embassy on social media, adding that rumors of ultimatums and embassy closures are false.
True or false information, the controversy comes as the United States tries to curb the growing presence of the Russian paramilitary group on the continent. And passed new sanctions against Wagner, including freezing any assets the paramilitary group may have in the United States.
