In a statement, the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced “The persistence of acts of interference” of Algeria, accusing him of supporting “Terrorist groups”while Bamako faces a Tuareg rebellion in the north of the country, said France 24. The ministry said “Have learned the words by press” of the Algerian diplomacy chief Ahmed Attaf, “Commenting again the Malian strategy to combat terrorism”.
The Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs recently reaffirmed the position of his country in favor of a political solution in his neighbor, faced with the military option. “The military solution is impossible in the Sahel and the Sahara, especially in Mali, because it has been tried three times in the past and failed”launched Ahmed Attaf. The Minister also defended the signatory movements of the Algiers agreement, rejecting their designation as “Terrorist bands” and emphasizing the need for future negotiations with these groups.
Bamako explains that she has already denounced “The proximity and complicity of Algeria with terrorist groups which destabilize Mali and to whom it offered the cottage and the cover”. The Malian ministry condemned “With the last vigor this new interference of Algeria in the internal affairs of Mali”. He recalled that “The strategic options for the fight against terrorist armed groups, supported by foreign state sponsors, are exclusively of the sovereignty of Mali”from Burkina Faso and Niger, with whom Bamako has created a Confederation. The predominantly Tuareg groups, several times raised in the past, had resumed arms in 2012 for independence or autonomy of the North.
