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Russian planes on the French base in Djibouti?

(B2) The Russian relief is on its way to the Indian Ocean. The anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov and support ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet left the port of Vladivostok on Friday (November 2) for the Somali coast. On board two K-27 helicopters and a unit of the Navy of the Pacific Fleet. The novelty is this time in the air. The Russians want to send two Ilyushin-38 reconnaissance planes to be based at the French military base in Djibouti. A negotiated presence between the two countries during the meeting of heads of diplomacy and defense ministers of the two countries.

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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