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Burkina Faso–North Korea relations

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27: 619: 948: 585: 817: 46: 183: 57: 149:, and a trade agreement to exchange Burkinabé cotton and minerals for North Korean agricultural machinery was signed. Diplomatic activity quieted down after the Cold War, but some cooperation continued. In 1998 the North Korean government completed the construction of five small water reservoirs in Burkina Faso. 1314: 145:, who took power in a 1987 military coup. Compaoré visited Pyongyang in September 1988. In the late 1980s there were several cases of cooperation between the two countries – for example, the DPRK constructed an open-air theatre in 1302: 1371: 573: 805: 156:
in 2009, imposing further economic sanctions on North Korea. In a statement, the Burkinabé representative said his country's vote was due to its commitment to a nuclear weapon-free world.
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several times, first as Prime Minister on 13 March 1983 and then as President on 3 September 1985. A DPRK–Burkina Faso Friendship Association reportedly existed during this period.
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In 2016, bilateral trade was worth US$ 34 million, making Burkina Faso North Korea's seventh largest trading partner.
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Straying from the traditional relations, Burkina Faso – a temporary UNSC member at the time – voted in favour of
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Hungry for Peace: International Security, Humanitarian Assistance, and Social Change in North Korea
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Divided dynamism: the diplomacy of separated nations: Germany, Korea, China
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in the mid-1970s, during the reign of the military leader Colonel General
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Relations remained close during the early reign of Sankara's successor,
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Rupley, Lawrence; Bangali, Lamissa; Diamitani, Boureima (2013).
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Map indicating locations of Burkina Faso and North Korea
Burkina Faso
North Korea
Korean
current and historical relationship
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Cold War
army
Republic of Upper Volta
Sangoulé Lamizana
Thomas Sankara
Marxist
Pyongyang
Blaise Compaoré
Koudougou
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874
September 2022 coup d'état
North Korea portal
Foreign relations of Burkina Faso
Foreign relations of North Korea


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M. E. Sharpe
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Becker, Jasper
Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea

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