If a specific calendar can not be established at this stage, the Danish army considers it will take “several weeks” to bring back men and materials to Denmark.
Le Monde
There will be no more Danish soldiers in Mali. Denmark decided to repatriate his troops deployed in the country due to a new request from the Juntus, announced the head of Danish diplomacy Thursday, January 27, denouncing a “dirty political game” of the Bamako regime.
“The general power sent a clear message where they reaffirmed that Denmark was not welcome in Mali. We do not accept it and for this reason we decided to repatriate our soldiers,” said Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod after a meeting in Parliament in Copenhagen.
“We are here at the invitation of Mali. The putschist generals – in a dirty political game – removed this invitation (…) because they do not want a fast plan back to democracy”, he insurrected.
The junta in power in Mali since the coup of 2020 had asked Monday night in Denmark to withdraw his troops arriving the previous week as part of the European Takuba Group, on the grounds that this deployment was “intervened without its consent “.
A start under” Several weeks “
Denmark had first retorted to be present in the country following a “clear invitation” of the Malian regime and want to “clarify” Malian demand. The Malian Transitional Government had reiterated “with insistence” his request in the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
For his part, Danish Defense Minister told the press that the repatriation of soldiers was going to “take a little time”.
If a specific calendar can not be established at this stage, the Danish army considers it will take “several weeks” to bring back men and material in Denmark, she says in a statement.