Mali. City of Bamako. File photo CAiro, May 16. The government of Mali announced the withdrawal from all structures of the «Sahel Five» (G5), which, in addition to Mali itself, includes Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Chad, the channel reports «Al-Arabiya» with reference to the statement of the authorities of this country. «The government of Mali announced its withdrawal from the structures of the Sahel Five, including its anti-terrorist forces,» the TV channel quoted the statement. In 2014, France launched an anti-terrorist operation in the region » Barkhan». This mission is supported by the G5 regional structure, created in the same year. The purpose 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: Operation Barhan in its current form would be completed and replaced by an international alliance that would include the countries of the region and other partners. Previously, the Elysee Palace reported that France, its European allies in Operation Takuba and Canada decided to initiate a coordinated withdrawal of troops from Mali because of disagreement with the country's transitional authorities. The withdrawal of French troops from Mali will take four to six months, said French President Emmanuel Macron. After that, the Mali government called on France to withdraw troops involved in Operations Barkhane and Takuba «without delay» and under the control of the Malian authorities. /> Residents of Mali demanded an answer from France in the case of mass graves
