Can I press the Minister a bit on that? Wagner is in Burkina Faso and it threatens Ghana. It threatens the whole of that region. Have we increased our military attaché presence in west Africa in order to counter it? Frankly, if we have not, then we are whistling in the wind in terms of any hope of addressing the threat that it represents.
Defence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Boateng
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 30 June 2023.
It occurred during Debates on select committee report on Defence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report).
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