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Mali: telephone conversation between the head of the junta and Vladimir Putin

2022-08-10T19:26:23.603Z


The head of the junta in Mali had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin the day after receiving new military equipment from his...


The head of the junta in Mali had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin the day after receiving new military equipment from his Russian ally, Assimi Goïta said on Wednesday August 10 on his Twitter account, information confirmed to AFP by the Malian presidency.

"

We discussed the support of the Russian Federation for Mali's political transition and I praised the quality of our partnership respectful of the sovereignty of Mali and the aspirations of its population

", declared President Goïta on social networks. .

The colonels, who took power by force in August 2020 in this country in the midst of security turmoil, have decided to separate from the old French ally engaged militarily against the jihadists since 2013 and to vigorously relaunch cooperation with Russia.

On Tuesday, the Malian army received new military equipment, including five planes and a combat helicopter during an official ceremony attended by the head of the junta and Russian diplomats, during which the "

win-win partnership with the Russian Federation

” was touted.

Mali has welcomed in large numbers since the beginning of the year what the junta presents as Russian instructors.

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“common concerns”

Western partners denounce for their part the use of the junta to the services of the private Russian security company Wagner, the decried actions.

The junta denies and speaks of a former partnership with the Russian army.

Russia had admitted in May a presence of Wagner in Mali "

on a commercial basis

".

Colonel Assimi Goïta also received on Wednesday Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations and Mahamat Saleh Annadif, head of the United Nations office for West Africa and the Sahel in a context of tensions with the organization.

They spoke of "

common concerns

", according to the Malian presidency.

Amina J. Mohammed had previously been received in Abidjan, a diplomatic source told AFP.

For a month, 49 Ivorian soldiers have been detained in Bamako, accused by the military in power in Mali of being "

mercenaries

", which Abidjan denies, which ensures that they were on a mission for the UN.

Mali has been in turmoil since 2012. The jihadist spread, initially confined to the north of the country, has spread to central and southern Mali, as well as to neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger.

Forty-two Malian soldiers were killed on Sunday in northeastern Mali, near the borders of Burkina Faso and Niger, in the deadliest attack attributed to jihadists against Malian forces since 2019, according to a new report given. Wednesday.

Source: lefigaro

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