Barkhane in Mali, it's over.
The announcement was made on February 17 by Emmanuel Macron.
But Paris must define what form its military presence will take in the Sahel and in West Africa, where the jihadist threat continues to spread.
General Étienne du Peyroux, head of Operation Barkhane, takes stock of the situation.
LE FIGARO.
- Many consider Operation Barkhane a failure.
What is your assessment of the nine years of this French external operation?
Etienne DU PEYROUX.
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I do not believe that we can draw a balance sheet from our fight against terrorism, because it is not over.
Barkhane leaves Mali but continues his fight in the Sahel.
We can still establish a Malian balance sheet…
In the case of Mali, one cannot speak of a military failure.
Without the French intervention in 2013
(Serval at the time, editor's note),
we can legitimately think that there would no longer be a Malian state today.
We also achieved significant tactical successes in…
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