France has returned to Burkina Faso a haul of stolen archaeological
treasures discovered in a northern French port, the Burkinabe culture
minister told AFP Friday.
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Filippe Sawadogo said 262 items of "national archaeological and cultural
significance" to the landlocked west African nation were returned via the
French embassy in Ouagadougou on Wednesday.
He praised the "perspicacity" of French customs officers at the French city
of Rouen, on the River Seine, for the seizure in December 2007 of ancient
ceramic, stone and bronze materials dating back to 1,300 BC.
Sawadogo said they had been stolen by a French couple, adding that France
returning the pieces to Burkina Faso's national museum was "a sign of the
good cooperation which should exist between our countries".
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