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The day following the expulsion of its ambassador in Bamako, who has 72 hours to leave the country, France is giving itself 15 days to think regarding its future in Mali. This Tuesday morning, February 1, the spokesperson for the French government, Gabriel Attal, thus declared that Paris and its European partners will “ work by mid-February ” for ” plan an adaptation of their device in the Sahel. Partners who show their solidarity with the French authorities.
This is the case of the head of diplomacy of the European Union. For Josep Borrell, this expulsion of the French diplomat is ” unjustified “. She will only isolate Mali “, he said. The EU says it is in solidarity with France, but also with Denmark.
This country has had, in fact, a showdown with the junta which led to the withdrawal of its contingent from Malian territory. The Danish Foreign Minister said he was in solidarity with France. The attitude of the junta is irresponsible and Mali thus risks losing its international credibility “, according to him.
Berlin also commented on the news. The head of German diplomacy also believes that this expulsion is unjustified. For him, it leads to a dead end. ” The situation needs dialogue “, he added and” not an escalation “tensions because, according to him, there is a common objective not to be lost sight of: security and the fight once morest terrorism in Mali.
