Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly explains that he asked Colonel Assimi Goïta, the head of the junta, to open a real national dialogue but that he refused.
In doing so, the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS will have dramatic consequences on the country's economy.
The former head of Malian diplomacy regrets the verbal escalation between Paris and Bamako, while considering that Mali's recent denunciation of defense agreements with France is above all declarative, noting that the withdrawal of French forces is already engaged.
He "hopes" that the tensions will not lead to a real break between France and Mali, believing that it would be "extremely unfortunate".
If he finds "good" that Mali has relations with Russia, he denounces the presence, now confirmed by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs himself, of mercenaries from the private security company Wagner on Malian soil.
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