France leave Mali. Losing a reputation in Africa

France will not save his military presence in Mali for a long time. This was stated by President of France Emmanuel Macron, speaking at the Africa Forum – France. This is reported by TASS.

“I believe that France is not predetermined for a long time to maintain its military presence in Mali. For this reason, we currently close our military bases in Talsotte and the chisel in the north of Mali. Our goal is not to have military bases “,” said the French leader.

During the forum, which presents the civil society of Africa countries, France has been severely criticized by a number of African participants. In particular, the blogger from Senegal Shake Fall called France “Stop cooperating with dictators’ presidents.” Also addressed to France by the participants, the accusations were made that she supports dictators that carry out fragrances with the Constitution “in order to remain in power. In this regard, countries such as Chad, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire were named.

Macron in response to this assured that in such countries, France sharply reduced investment projects held at the intergovernmental level, and now exercise them with civil society.