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Mali’s interim president, Col. Assimi Goita, and his ruling navy junta expelled the French ambassador Monday, after feedback Friday from the French Overseas Minister saying the junta was “uncontrolled.” File Photograph by H. Diakite/EPA-EFE
Jan. 31 (UPI) — Mali’s ruling navy junta expelled the French ambassador to the nation Monday, giving him 72 hours to depart the nation.
The information was reported by each CNN and France 24.
This comes after feedback Friday from French Overseas Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that Mali’s junta, led by interim president Col. Assimi Goita, was “uncontrolled,” studies CNN.
“The French ambassador to Bamako was summoned and notified of a call by the federal government inviting him to depart the nationwide territory inside 72 hours following hostile and outrageous feedback by the French overseas affairs minister not too long ago,” mentioned the federal government assertion, studies France 24.
Mali severed diplomatic ties with France final week, ordering all French troops to depart the West African nation.
“France takes observe of the transitional authorities’ choice to convey to an finish the mission of France’s Ambassador to Mali. In response, France has determined to recall its ambassador,” mentioned an announcement by the French Overseas Ministry, studies France 24.
Goita was behind the coup to dethrone President Boubacar Ibrahim Keita in August 2020,
In Could 2021, he staged a second coup, seizing energy after deposing the interim authorities.