Kenya stops enlistment of its citizens in Russia’s war in Ukraine after talks in Moscow: Video
Kenya’s Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi said Kenya and Russia have agreed that Kenyan nationals will no longer be enlisted to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine.
Mudavadi made the remarks on Monday, March 16, after holding talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow. “I want to make it clear that we have now agreed that Kenyans shall not be enlisted through the (Russian) Ministry of Defence.
They'll no longer be eligible for enlisting in the special operations," he said. A Kenyan intelligence report presented to lawmakers in February said that more than 1,000 Kenyans had been recruited to fight on Russia’s side in the war in Ukraine, five times more than authorities had previously estimated.
“We do not want for any reason our partnership with Russia to be defined from the lenses of the special operation (in Ukraine) agenda only,” Mudavadi said. “The relationship between Kenya and Russia is much more broader than that.”
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