Mali’s government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, who was the country’s prime minister in 2017, announced in a televised address that the African country was tearing up defense agreements with France. Although Paris has called the decision “unjustified”, France is nevertheless continuing to withdraw its military from Mali, following the Malian government’s earlier call for Paris to withdraw troops involved in operations Barkhane and Takuba “without delay” and under the control of the Malian authorities. And earlier, on February 1, a special document from the Malian government instructed French Ambassador Joël Meyer to leave the territory of the African state within 72 hours.
Bamako’s relations with the former metropole were particularly strained after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said official Paris considered Mali’s new authorities illegitimate and criticized Mali for strengthening ties with Russia. In response, the Malian government downgraded diplomatic relations with Paris and indicated that it was not for France to decide for the Malian people who is legitimate and who is illegitimate, and with whom the Malian authorities should cooperate.
Meanwhile, it is notable that in Mali’s neighboring African state, Burkina Faso, anti-French demonstrations have also intensified. Since the change of government, Russian flags have begun to appear in the streets and locals say that Russia (since Soviet times) has been helping Africa to develop, while France is only trying to siphon off resources and funnel profits into its own coffers.
Poster Comment:
Macron is a former Rothschild banker. When the euro, the dollar, the pound and the yen die, all debts can be cancelled made by those nations if members of the BRICS nation and their supporters offer commodity backed currencies as an alternative to Paper Ponzi Rothschild scams.