International community will stop supporting Mali if it brings in mercenaries - France


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO French Defence Minister Florence Parly speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris France September 21 2021. REUTERSGonzalo Fuentes

FILE PHOTO: French Defence Minister Florence Parly speaks during the questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - France warned Mali on Thursday that it would lose the support of the international community if it agreed a deal with Russian mercenaries.

Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that Mali's year-old military junta is close to recruiting the Russian Wagner Group https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/exclusive-deal-allowing-russian-mercenaries-into-mali-is-close-sources-2021-09-13, and France has launched a diplomatic drive to thwart it, saying such an arrangement is "incompatible" with a continued French presence.

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