The declarations of the ambassador of Mali in France, Toumani Djimé Diallo, threw a chill in Paris. Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, the diplomat complained on Wednesday of the behavior of the soldiers of the Foreign Legion, who are found "tattooed on the whole body" in "the Pigalle of Bamako" . "It's scary, it's intriguing," he said, after insisting, "I'm telling you by looking you straight in the eye . " The words are taken as a warning against the inappropriate behavior of French soldiers in Mali. In the Ministry of the Armed Forces as in the staff, the questioning "unacceptable" scandalized. Thursday, the ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain himself.
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"We wonder a lot about the meaning of these particularly inappropriate and inappropriate statements , " said the chairman of the Senate committee,
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