EU leaves military training in Mali suspended, stops short of terminating mission

BRUSSELS – The EU will depart its navy coaching mission in Mali suspended, however is not going to terminate it regardless of a choice by the navy junta in Bamako to tug out of a multinational drive in West Africa’s Sahel area, the bloc’s prime diplomat stated.

“We determined to reaffirm our choice of suspending operational coaching to kind items of the Malian armed forces …, however we aren't canceling this mission,” the European Union’s international coverage chief Josep Borrell advised reporters in Brussels after a gathering of the bloc’s defence ministers on Tuesday.

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