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France temporarily suspended joint military operations with Malian forces on Thursday, June 3. The least we can say is that this announcement does not leave indifferent, especially not the junta in power.
as reported from Bamako, Serge Daniel
According to RFI information, official and / or private initiatives are already underway from Friday 4 June. It is about sending clear signals: the transition will be democratic, inclusive and, above all, as planned, eighteen months.
Paris is uncompromising on this point, for example the countries of the economic community of West African states. And to avoid misunderstandings, a senior army officer adds: Colonel Assimi Goita’s civilian adviser, who recently hinted to reporters that the transition could exceed 18 months, is only his own.
► To (re) listen: Suspension of joint operations: “Malian army loses large capacity for intervention” (General Trinquand)
On another point, the Algiers peace agreement, the Malian authorities also intend to make promises. It is known that Choguel Maïga, who is still holding the ropes to take over the Prime Minister against the Algiers peace agreement. But while his appointment is not yet official, on Friday, in a circulating photo, we see him in the company of ex-rebels, a bit as if to say: “we will work together.”
The democratic transition included the application of the peace agreement in Algiers, France, as well as other countries, want to remove another ambiguity before resuming military cooperation. the risk of radical Islamism. Here, too, the Malian authorities claim that the common enemy remains terrorists.
A serious mistake by France
Jeamille Bittar, spokesman for M5
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