Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with the interim president Mali Gaita

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held telephone negotiations with the president of a transition period Mali Assimi Goita. Conversation took place at the initiative of the Malian party, the press service of the Kremlin reported. The parties discussed interaction of the countries in trade and economic and humanitarian spheres. "Vladimir Putin expressed condolences in connection with carried out by terrorists on September 7 attack in the northeast Mali. Assimi Goita thanked for support of the Russian side, in particular, at recent vote in UN Security Council in a question of removal of the international sanctions from Mali" — reported in...