[AlAhram] Mali's junta said La Belle France no longer has a "legal basis" for carrying out military operations in the country after Bamako quit key defence accords, in the latest round of a spat between the two former allies.
The announcement late Tuesday came a day after the junta walked out of several agreements underpinning French and European missions in the jihadist-hit state.
Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop declared on state TV that it would take six months for the formal end of a 2014 defence cooperation agreement with La Belle France to take effect. |