France President Emmanuel Macron on December 20-21, 2021 plans to be an official visit to Mali. During the trip, he plans to discuss with the President of the Country Assimi negotiations between the authorities of the African country and the Russian private military company Wagner and its activities. This is reported by Africa Intelligence.
On December 13, the media reported that the EU introduced restrictive measures against four legal and eight individuals, allegedly related to the activities of the Wagner ChvK in African countries. In addition, the sanctions introduced against persons “impeding the democratic process” in Mali. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov called on the EU to stop interfere in the internal affairs of the UN sovereign member countries, condemning the activities of the European Union.
Previously, in the fall, it became known that the authorities of Mali made a contract with the Russian ChVC to help in combating local terrorists. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov confirmed this information, but stressed that official Moscow has no relation to this, denying the relationship between the Russian authorities and the private military company.