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Breaking of the France-Mali agreements: "This decision is a pretext without any real legal basis"
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Nicolas Normand, former French Ambassador to Mali.
Nicolas Normand
By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow
France disputes the rupture of the defense agreements, announced by Mali on Monday evening.
“
This decision is unjustified, because there has been no violation of these agreements by the Barkhane force
”, affirms the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Nicolas Normand was French Ambassador to Bamako.
In a month, he will publish an expanded and updated edition of his book "Le grand livre de l'Afrique" with Eyrolles.
France
mali
Defense