Kenya's foreign minister says Russia has agreed to stop deploying Kenyan nationals to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Musalia Mudavadi made the announcement while sitting next to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, after talks between the pair in Moscow.
"I want to make it clear that we have now agreed that Kenyans shall not be enlisted through the [Russian] Ministry of Defence - they will no longer be eligible to be enlisted," Mudavadi said. "There will no further enlisting."
A Kenyan intelligence report warned in February that more than 1,000 citizens had been recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine.
Lavrov did not comment on the reported agreement but said that all Kenyans - and citizens of other countries - had enlisted voluntarily to fight for Russia "in full compliance with Russian law, which also provides for the possibility of early termination of the contract".
