Moscow will render military-technical assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR) free of charge.

Moscow will render military-technical assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR) free of charge. Such a statement was made in the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"From the presence of the Russian Defense Ministry to the needs of the Central African Army, a party of small arms and ammunition was delivered in late January and early February 2018," said Artyom Kozhin, deputy director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who noted that all deliveries are made with the knowledge of the Security Council UN and in strict accordance with the requirements of the sanctions regime in relation to the country "

5 military men and 170 Russian civilian instructors were sent to the republic to train servicemen of the CAR, Kozhin said.

The diplomat stressed that Moscow supports the strengthening of the country's national security forces, the transfer of full responsibility for maintaining security and law and order throughout the country and hopes for an early settlement of the protracted internal armed conflict.

Interfaith conflict in the CAR continues from 2013. Then representatives of the Muslim coalition "Selek" seized the capital of the country Bangui and overthrew the Christian president Francois Bozizé. In response to these actions, the Christians created militia units that began massacre of representatives of the Muslim community. To stabilize the situation in the country deployed military contingents of France, the African Union and the EU.