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According to Agence France Presse, at the request of the Malian government, the United Nations Security Council made a resolution on June 30th to immediately cease the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali.
According to reports, on June 16th, Mali's Foreign Minister Abdullah Diop's speech at the Security Council was like a bombshell, stating that the mission of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali had "failed" and calling for the immediate withdrawal of peacekeeping forces.
Due to the fact that the host country's consent is a core issue of United Nations peacekeeping operations, the United Nations Security Council, which is preparing to consider extending or modifying the mandate, has to decide to terminate this most expensive United Nations peacekeeping mission.
According to reports, the resolution therefore requires the Mali Stabilization Mission to cease its mission "from June 30th". Starting from July 1st, blue helmets will cease operations and focus their work on evacuation. Evacuation should be completed before December 31, 2023.
Although the 15 member states of the Security Council unanimously agreed to the resolution, multiple member states are concerned about the impact of the withdrawal of peacekeeping forces, and some members believe that the withdrawal is too early.
Anna Yevstneva, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, praised the Malian government's desire to play a leading role in stabilizing Mali, while ensuring that Russia will continue to provide comprehensive support to Mali on a bilateral basis. According to the Malian government, the Russian Foreign Minister directly conveyed a message of "firm support" for Mali through a phone conversation with the Malian Foreign Minister.
The large-scale and complex evacuation of over 13000 soldiers, police, and their equipment is still to be organized, according to reports. In the past few days, the withdrawal schedule has sparked complex negotiations.
▲ Image: In July 2015, the United Nations peacekeeping force patrolled Marikidar.
Richard Cohen of the International Crisis Research Organization believes that people are concerned that once peacekeeping soldiers leave the base, the Wagner Group will gain control of these facilities.
According to Reuters, on June 30th, the United States expressed concern about the destabilizing activities of the Russian Wagner Group in Africa and accused the leader of this mercenary unit of helping to plan the evacuation of United Nations peacekeeping personnel.
White House National Security Spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that there is information from the United States that the transitional government of Mali has paid over $200 million to Wagner since the end of 2021.
Kirby said that the leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigoren, helped plan the withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping force "to further promote Wagner's interests.". Prigo led an attempted coup against the Kremlin last weekend.
Kirby said, "We know that senior Malian officials have directly collaborated with Prigo's employees to inform the United Nations Secretary General that Mali has revoked its authorization for the Mali Stabilization Mission."
According to reports, two days ago, Mali's transitional president Asimi Goita tweeted that he was very satisfied with the phone call with Russian President Putin, calling it "direct and sincere.".
Kirby said that although Mali has paid funds to the Wagner Group, the security situation in the country has not improved.
Kirby's words mark another move by the United States to counter Wagner's influence in Africa. On June 27th, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on four companies in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic, and Russia, accusing them of being related to the Wagner Group.
Kirby said that Washington did not see any signs of Wagner's intention to reduce the use of African countries, "despite some incidents that occurred last weekend.".
The report also mentioned that both Russia and Mali have stated that the Russian soldiers there are not mercenaries, but training instructors who help local troops combat Islamic armed insurgency activities.
Malian leaders seized power in a coup in 2021 and invited Wagner after demanding the departure of the French military delegation.
According to the report of Deutsche Presse-Agentur, after the Security Council decided to terminate the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali, German Foreign Minister Annalena Belberg said that German troops would withdraw from the country faster than the original schedule. Bell Burke stated that the sudden termination of the mission of the Mali Stabilization Mission is "bad news for the Malian people, as the Mission has provided protection and hope to the Malian people.".
