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Mali: Le Mali a demandé l'aide de l'ONU pour un accord de paix

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Source: Agence France-Presse
Country: Mali

Nations unies, Etats-Unis | jeudi 09/04/2015 - 17:23 GMT

Foreign Minister of Mali on Thursday urged the UN Security Council to increase pressure on the rebels in northern Mali that are still dam at the Algiers Peace Agreement.

Peace talks on Mali engaged in Algiers in July resulted March 1 by an unfinished agreement, signed by the Malian government, but not by northern rebels who claimed a "reasonable time" to get their base.

"Malians are ready for peace. They are tired of war. They want to turn this dark page in the history of our nation, one and indivisible," said Abdoulaye Diop, while asking the Council to adopt sanctions if necessary.

Algeria, which leads mediation, has planned a new deadline April 15, during which the rebels must sign the peace agreement with an official signing by both parties is to follow soon after.

The head of Mali's diplomacy was cautious about the deadline and looked a sign of the rebels.

The agreement negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations provides greater autonomy in the north, long called for, including the Tuareg.

It would especially to end a conflict that split the country since 2012.

If he failed, it would generate "enormous risks for peace in Mali and in the region, and beyond," he adds Mr Diop, who believes that the agreement is "held hostage by a group of individuals radicals and extremists. "

"Those who, despite everything, have chosen to stand in the path to peace will not leave the international community that the choice to isolate and treat them as such imposing sanctions them," he has still continued.

Violence continues in Mali, with attacks that have recently targeted peacekeepers also responsible for the fatal shooting of three demonstrators in the northern end of January countries.

Northern Mali in 2012 fell under the control of jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda, which were partly driven by the military operation "Serval" launched at the initiative of France in January 2013, at which succeeded in August 2014 "barchan" operation, whose range extends throughout the Sahel-Saharan zone.

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