The interim authorities of Mali expelled the French ambassador Joër Meyer on January 31, upset by the statements of officials of the Macron Administration that described the interim authorities as illegitimate.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said Paris will withdraw peacekeeping units from Mali after nearly a decade of presence in the country, where a bloody civil war between Islamists and government forces continues.
The decision was taken after the results of negotiations between Western countries held in the French capital. The participants reviewed the current situation and evaluated the position in the region after the rapprochement between Bamako and Moscow. European allies and Canada will follow the example of Paris. They are also evacuating their own forces stationed in Mali.
