RFI: Macron slams Mali claim of abandonment by France as 'shameful'
President Emmanuel Macron has expressed outrage over recent claims by Mali interim Prime Minster that France had abandoned his country by drawing down its Barkhane force in the Sahel.
Macron told RFI the accusations were "shameful".
After the French foreign ministry and armed forces, President Macron took his turn to denounce comments Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maiga made to the UN last weekend, and he made no attempt at diplomacy.
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Update #1: 'A disgrace': France's Macron slams Malian PM's 'abandonment' remarks (France 24)
Update #2: France's Macron slams Malian PM's 'abandonment' remarks (The Independent)
WNU Editor: It looks like Mali is shifting to receiving aid from Russia .... Taking Delivery of Copters, Mali Lauds Russia Partnership (Moscow Times/AFP).
