Published on : 03/05/2022 – 15:49
The Malian authorities on Tuesday May 3 broke the Status of Forces Agreements setting the legal framework for the presence in Mali of the French Barkhane and European Takuba forces, as well as the defense cooperation treaty concluded in 2014 between Mali and France. . This raises the question of the future of Barkhane’s troops on the ground, but also of diplomatic and military relations between the two countries, as explained by Jérome Pigné, co-founder and researcher for the network for strategic reflection on security in the Sahel, guest of France 24.