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Francoise Dumas: "No, our country is not stuck in the Sahel!"

2021-02-14T19:10:23.224Z


TRIBUNE - Let us salute the successes of our soldiers as they deserve. France, moreover, is sparing its efforts in the Sahel in the fields of diplomacy and development, explains the president of the Assembly's defense committee *, in this forum co-signed by ...


The summit which opens today in N'Djamena should be an opportunity for the President of the Republic to announce the adjustments mentioned on the occasion of his wishes to the armies.

In recent weeks, several voices have denounced the stagnation of France in the Sahel.

We strongly contest this judgment, which does not address all of the issues: our forces are achieving valuable tactical successes, with the support of their Sahelian and international partners.

The situation is far from being unequivocal, and it is its complexity that the information mission that we lead seeks to capture.

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Source: lefigaro

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