Germany will start to pull out its troops from Mali from the middle of next year after a decade-long mission, with the withdrawal to be completed by May 2024, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Berlin has deployed some 1,000 troops to Mali, most near the northern town of Gao where their main task is to gather reconnaissance for the U.N. peacekeeping mission MINUSMA.
"In particular, the elections in Mali scheduled for February 2024 will be taken into account," said Hebestreit. "It will be a very orderly withdrawal from Mali - without losing sight of the transition process in Mali," Lambrecht said. "As there are elections scheduled in Feb 2024, we will stay over these elections, but we will start the withdrawal in summer next year."
"The mission is currently assessing the impact of these withdrawals on its operations, and we are already in discussions with a number of countries in order to fill any gaps," deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq said.to announce the withdrawal of its forces from Mali, saying it would pull out its 300 troops.
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