Source: Agence France-Presse
Country: Mali
12/21/2012 17:37 GMT
ALGIERS, Dec 21, 2012 (AFP) - Ansar Dine and MNLA, armed rebel groups active in northern Mali, announced on Friday their commitment to suspending hostilities and negotiating with the Malian authorities to end the crisis.
The representatives of Ansar Dine, one of three Islamist groups now controlling northern Mali, and the Tuareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), made the announcement after meeting in Algeria.
They agreed "to refrain from all action likely to generate confrontations and all forms of hostility in the zones under their control and to do everything necessary to get this commitment respected," they said in a statement to journalists.
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