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Russia Pledges Military Support To Mali

February 7, 2023
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Russia Pledges Military Support To Mali

Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, right, welcomes Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov pledged military support to Mali during his first visit to the West African nation on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 and dismissed criticism of Moscow’s growing influence on the continent.

Speaking at a news conference in Mali’s capital, Bamako, Lavrov disclosed that Russia has delivered “very large supplies of aviation equipment” to Mali over the past few months which has “significantly increased” the capability of local forces to fight extremists.

“We will now be planning additional steps in the field of education through military higher educational institutions and in the field of supplies of weapons and military equipment,” Lavrov said, refusing to go into specifics.

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Lavrov’s trip to Bamako comes as Western countries express their concerns about alleged human rights abuses committed by Russian mercenaries working for the private military contractor Wagner Group.

The Russian Foreign Minister made no mention of Wagner by name during the press conference, but criticized unnamed Western powers of “neo-colonial approaches and double standards.”

“We see the reaction of the Western states on the evolution of our relations and we see with regret that it is again negative, a negative attitude of the West to the principles of parity and mutual respect.”

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov

Russia’s presence in Mali has expanded as the role played by former colonizer France has diminished. After spending nine years helping Mali’s army curb the spread of Islamic insurgents, France withdrew its forces last year after relations soured with the country’s ruling junta.

Colonel Assimi Goita seized power in a 2020 coup and disappointed international partners when he failed to hold elections on the timeframe he originally agreed to. As French support waned, Goita enlisted help from Moscow.

Mali Defends Cooperation With Russia

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Mali’s foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop and address a press conference in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2023. 

Mali’s Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop again defended the government’s cooperation with Russia, saying that collaboration with France “does not meet the objectives of Malians.”

“We are not going to continue to justify our choice of partners. This decision is a decision of the Malians and a decision that is taken with full responsibility. And Mali wants to work with Russia.”

Mali’s Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop

Independent human rights experts working with the U.N. have called for an investigation into possible abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces in Mali and the Wagner Group, which is owned by an oligarch with close ties to Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin.

The Pentagon has described the Wagner Group as a surrogate for the Russian Defense Ministry. The Kremlin denies any connection.

Western officials have divulged that hundreds of fighters from the Wagner Group began working more than a year ago alongside Mali’s armed forces to try to curtail a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists in the West African country.

Also, diplomats, analysts and human rights groups have disclosed that indiscriminate violence against civilians has grown since the mercenaries arrived, warning that extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group have only become stronger.

However, Mali’s Foreign Minister argued that it should be Malian authorities and not outsiders assessing the reports of human rights violations.

“Human rights groups must stop being instruments used by those who want to destabilize Mali,” Diop iterated, adding that “we are accused of human rights abuses often by disguised terrorists themselves.”

Mali’s military leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, has formed a close relationship with Russia while relations with France have worsened.

A UNDP report has revealed that sub-Saharan Africa is an epicenter for extremism and military campaigns to stamp out extremism are not proving to be successful.

Lavrov’s visit to Mali is his third visit to an African country in recent months.

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