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Comoros islands
Moroni tempers Moscow's diplomatic ambitions

President of The Comoros, Azali Assoumani, in Paris in February 2025.
President of The Comoros, Azali Assoumani, in Paris in February 2025. © Ludovic Marin/AFP
The Russian embassy in Madagascar has in recent months made repeated overtures to the Comoros, where the Kremlin wants to accredit an honorary consul and later open an embassy and a Russian House. But the archipelago nation and its president are keen to keep Moscow at arm's length. [...]
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