Central African Republic president to visit Moscow on Feb 14-16, RIA says

The president of the Central African Republic will visit Moscow on Feb 14-16 and may meet Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, state news agency RIA cited Russia's ambassador in Bangui as saying on Monday.

The Central African Republic, a former French colony, has become one of Russia's closest African allies in recent years, playing host to one of the Wagner Group mercenary army's largest foreign operations. (Writing by Felix Light; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)