The German army will withdraw all its forces from Mali by the end of the year

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “NTV”, the military government of Mali has announced that it no longer wants the presence of thousands of UN soldiers in this country. The German army must withdraw from this country. The last soldiers of the German army are going to leave this country in the middle of December.

Meanwhile, “Boris Pistorius”, the German Minister of Defense, cannot give a clear answer to this question. What has this mission achieved?

The German army should end its mission in Mali, West Africa, which started about 10 years ago, by mid-December.

Boris Pistorius, the Federal Minister of Defense of Germany, said in a speech in the German Parliament: Now this request will be made for the last soldiers who return to Germany. . Regarding the situation in this African country, he said: The situation is exploding, the situation is becoming more unstable and dangerous, but so far no action has been taken against our forces and our soldiers.

In response to a question from Rüdiger Lucassen, a defense politician of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, about what the €4.3 billion operation in which three German soldiers lost their lives had achieved, the German defense minister claimed: “If we We were never there, what was happening in Mali. It is difficult to answer. In this case, we had a calming, political and strengthening effect on the financial situation. He added: “When it comes to supporting the governments in this region, success cannot be calculated with cents and euros, but it has political importance.

In mid-June, the government Mali’s military demanded the withdrawal of about 12,000 UN troops from the so-called Minosma mission in the country and had previously increased cooperation with Russia. The withdrawal of more than 1,000 German peacekeepers was also complicated by a military coup in neighboring Niger, where the Bundeswehr has an airlift base on the outskirts of the capital Niamey.

“Boris Pistorius”, the Minister of Defense of Germany, in his speech in the parliament of this country, also supported the strengthening of the defense readiness of the army and said: to do this, after the end of the special fund, the budget should increase to 23 billion euros per year. . He stressed that national defense and unity had again become necessary as a result of the Russian war, however sad that fact is. The parliamentary faction of the Social Democratic Party has been criticized for asking that the German army should be ready for war.

“Pistorius” answered the questions of the German parliamentarians on Wednesday. . The first issue was the difficult military situation in Ukraine. On behalf of the union, Thomas Rowkamp, ​​a member of the Christian Democratic Party, asked whether it made sense to deliver the Taurus cruise missile, which is suitable for hitting Russian logistics. Pistorius simply replied that there was no new position for this purpose.

Rudiger Lucassen, a defense politician of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, also wanted to know what the ruling of the Constitutional Court was. It will have an impact on the defense budget and where Pistorius will save. The Defense Minister replied that there is no requirement to save the defense budget and I think that is correct. Social Democratic Party MP Johannes Arlette asked Pistorius about a “veterans day” for the roughly ten million German citizens who have served in the armed forces. Pistorius welcomed the request, saying: “I frankly think the introduction of Veteran’s Day is right and timely. We need a token of this kind of appreciation.

Pistorius He also praised the courage and tenacity with which the Ukrainian army defended its country against the Russian attack, and called the claim that the West only gave Ukraine enough weapons not to defeat Russia, but not to win, as pointless.

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