Malian Leader Meets Russian Ambassador
Moscow may not have the necessary military capacity to reinforce forces in Mali, according to a report. Russia's military capabilities are completely absorbed by the ongoing war in Ukraine, making it difficult to support a second front in Africa. The source stated that Moscow lacks the capacity to reinject military firepower to assist the Malian regime. This involvement in Mali is described as an error due to these resource constraints. The government of Mali stated that its leader has received a delegation from Russia. This meeting follows recent clashes where Islamist rebels and Tuareg separatists drove Malian enforcers and Russian mercenaries from their positions. The recent violence also resulted in the death of the Malian defense minister. Speculation has circulated regarding the safety of President Goithe and the reported death of the defense minister during recent attacks.
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“Moscou n'a pas forcément la capacité de réinjecter des des capacités militaires.”
“Elle est en effet complètement absorbée, ses capacités militaires sont complètement absorbées par la guerre en Ukraine et donc c'est difficile pour elle de soutenir un deuxième front en Afrique.”
“Elle n'en a pas la capacité parce qu'elle mène sa propre guerre contre l'Ukraine et parce qu'elle soutient les rangs ou elle n'en a pas la volonté ? Non, elle est en effet complètement absorbée”
“le chef des militaires qui ont pris le pouvoir en 2020 par un coup d'état sans élections, ce chef-là, il a réapparu. Il recevait au palais présidentiel, selon les photos, une délégation russe”
“government of Mali says its leader has received a delegation of Russian”
“the military government of Mali says its leader has received a delegation of Russian officials. Days after Islamist rebels and touric separatists drove Malay enforcers and Russian mercenaries out of their positions and killed the defence Minister”
“the result of this has basically been that there's been speculation for a few days about the safety of the president, Asimi Goithe, and as you mentioned, also the defense minister was reportedly killed”
“from Reuters that the leader, Asimi Goithe, met with the the Russian”
“the leader, Asimi Goithe, met with the the Russian coordination also with Tuareg separatists is something that we haven't seen acknowledged until this point.”
“the Russian ambassador did underline Russia's You commitment to fighting terrorism and supporting the malian government.”
“the leader, Asimi Goithe, met with the the Russian ambassador on Tuesday. Do we know much more about that and how significant that is?”
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