In Mali, the international mediation in charge of monitoring the 2015 peace agreement responded, on December 14, to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA). The ex-rebels had officially requested, on December 10, the organization of a ” emergency meeting in a neutral location to discuss the difficulties related to the application of the agreement. The international mediation, in its press release, does not respond favorably to this request, without however excluding it.
” We expect exchanges are still in progress. This leader of the CMA did not obtain satisfaction, but he does not consider the response of the international mediation as an end of inadmissibility.
In its statement, the mediation calls ” to abstain from any statement that risks undermining ” to ” establishing a climate of trust » and asks Algeria, president of the follow-up committee of the peace agreement and leader of the international mediation, to « take the necessary initiatives. »
The ex-rebels have requested an emergency meeting outside Mali, the capital Bamako not guaranteeing, according to them, the necessary neutrality for the crucial subjects to be discussed. ” No more than Kidal by the way “, Notes this framework of the CMA in reference to the stronghold of the ex-rebels.
In addition to the recurring blockages on the implementation of the agreement signed eight years ago – the last concerns the integration of the military leaders of the signatory armed groups into the hierarchy of the reconstituted national army –, the CMA wants to put on table this fundamental question: does the peace agreement still have a future?
The Malian transitional authorities regularly speak of a ” proofreading “or a” smart implementation to preserve Mali’s sovereignty. ” If they want to end the deal, they have to say so », Continues this executive of the CMA, “ otherwise you have to get out of the perception of an imposed text and demonstrate a real commitment. »
►Also read: In Mali, the ex-rebels of the CMA deplore the “abandonment” of the Algiers agreement by the transition
The Malian transitional authorities did not react officially to this request for a meeting on neutral ground formulated by the CMA.