Mali’s authorities asked private Russian military company for help
Authorities in Mali asked a private Russian military company
to help them fight against terrorists and Moscow is not linked to this, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference devoted to the outcome
of his visit to New York for the 76th session of the UNGA.
"They turned to a private military company from Russia
given that, as far as I understand, France wants to significantly reduce its
military contingent, which was there and ought to combat terrorists, who holed
up in the area called Kidal. Nothing came out of this, and terrorists are still
running things there," Lavrov said
"Since Mali’s authorities estimated that their forces
were not enough without external support and since external support is reducing
from those who pledged to help eradicate terrorism, they turned to a private
Russian military company," Lavrov stated.
Russia’s top diplomat emphasized that the private Russian
military company is carrying out its activities in Mali on a legitimate basis
because these are the relations between a legitimate government and those who
offer respective services.
"We don’t have any connection to that," he noted.
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