French FM Defends Expelled Envoy, Describes Burkina Faso's Move as 'Not Standard Practice'

Earlier this week, officials in France confirmed media reports that Ouagadougou had sent an official letter to the French Foreign Ministry in late December 2022 demanding that Paris recall the head of its diplomacy in Burkina Faso, Ambassador Luc Hallade, who had been declared a persona non grata by the former French colony.