In a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday, the head of state also urged the French allies of the North Atlantic Alliance to become more involved in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel after the death of thirteen French soldiers in operation in Mali, Monday evening.

Two days after the announcement of the death of thirteen French soldiers in the crash of two helicopters in Mali, Emmanuel Macron spoke about the operation Barkhane, in which the dead military Monday night were mobilized. At a joint press conference with the Secretary General of NATO on Thursday, the Head of State said he was ready to reconsider the "modalities of intervention" of France in the Sahel, where she is engaged since 2013. He also asked France's allies in the North Atlantic Alliance to "get more involved" in the fight against terrorism in this region of Africa.