Foreign troops can no longer stay in Mali: Prime Minister
Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga of Mali has said that foreign forces would no longer be allowed to remain in the West African country without predetermined conditions.
“We can no longer allow foreign forces to enter our territory without predetermined conditions,” Mr Maiga told the Anadolu news agency on Friday.
“We can no longer leave room for maneuver which can lead to states retreating from agreements with our country and going to fulfill the programme that they announced at the national level to their society and the international community.”
The prime minister lamented that the country’s security situation worsened yearly despite all the combined forces.
He listed the foreign forces remaining in Mali as the French Barkhane Operation, the UN peacekeeping forces, the EU training mission in Mali, the G5 Sahel Mission, and European Takuba Task Force.
An armed conflict between government forces and militants of separatist movements began in Mali in 2012. The situation deteriorated after Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was ousted.
The peacekeeping UN mission that has been deployed to Mali is regularly attacked by militants.
(Sputnik/NAN)
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