{{The international community must give its full support to the United Nations to stabilise Mali, a senior Algerian official said on Monday, at the start of a regional security conference in the city of Oran.}}
“Mali has asked for the help of its partner countries to deploy anti-terrorist forces,” said Mohamed Kamel Rezag Barra, presidential adviser for security affairs.
“We must provide full support to the missions of the United Nations to achieve stability in Mali,” Rezag Barra told the two-day meeting of the Sahel Region Capacity Building Working Group, which is co-chaired by Algeria and Canada and which numerous European and African representatives are attending.
“The fight against transnational terrorism requires that we put an end to the scourge of poverty, marginalisation and bad governance,” he added.
The Algerian official made no reference to Sunday’s offer by the Al-Qaeda-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) to free some Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Mali last year in exchange for three militants held in Algeria.
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