The Foreign Ministry announced the aggravation of the situation in Mali

Soldiers during a rally in support of a military mutiny in Bamako, MaliMOSCOW, February 14 Situation in Mali is heating up, the country's authorities are left face to face with terrorist groups, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov. «It also has no prospects, it is falling apart. The authorities of Mali are left alone with the groups,» he said during a round table in the Federation Council «International cooperation in combating global challenges and threats, including the crisis of the arms control system.» In 2014, France launched the anti-terrorist operation «Barkhan» in the region. This mission is supported by the G5 regional structure, created in the same year. The goal of the operation in the Sahara-Sahel region (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Chad) is to fight terrorism and stabilize the situation to a level where local authorities can provide security themselves. In the summer of 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris would change the model of its military presence in the Sahel: the operation «Dune» in its current form would be completed, it would be replaced by an international alliance, which would include the countries of the region and other partners.Mali PM accuses France of political and diplomatic terrorism